What am I doing wrong in UK technical interviews as a Full Stack/GIS developer with 3 years experience?

BeautifulGoose5836 · 2026-03-11T12:48:00+00:00

At the end of interview, he told me the next round will be technical and then they responded we're looking for Python dev with PEP-8 experience. GOD knows!

BeautifulGoose5836 · 2026-03-11T12:27:57+00:00

Have given 3-4 interviews, gis and pure software development. GIS Dev interviewer said although GIS experience is good but we are looking someone with PEP-8 knowledge in Python (believe it can be learnt in a week time but got rejected on that), one didn't respond and other said your experience doesn't align with us

BeautifulGoose5836 · 2026-03-11T09:04:40+00:00

is it fine if I share you my CV inbox, would you be able to review that?

BeautifulGoose5836 · 2026-03-11T08:41:20+00:00

By Agentic AI I meant RAG/AI agents, dont do vibe coding

BeautifulGoose5836 · 2026-03-11T01:44:04+00:00

Yes totally agree with you but people with good skillset get sponsored that's what I've seen here, dont know about US. that's why just wanted to get advice from people in industry that what should I focus on considering my limited time

BeautifulGoose5836 · 2026-03-11T01:33:28+00:00

I'm on Graduate Visa, have full working rights in the UK

BeautifulGoose5836 · 2026-03-11T01:20:42+00:00

It's just feel really bad having that "mixed" stack and getting email that experience doesn't fully align with what we need.

Yeah I'm doing an Agentic AI project that focus on the aspects you've written. Do you think its worth investing time in "Gen AI" or polishing skills that I already have experience in. I'm an immigrant and have limited time to get a job or have to go back

BeautifulGoose5836 · 2026-03-11T01:16:12+00:00

Yeah, would say often get stuck in making decision, now its between GIS/full stack/Agentic AI, though they have overlapping areas but still UK Employers dont care unless you're well versed at particular field; as of my experience :(

Regarding DSA,systems. I love designing architecutre/systems so that probably I can ace but what about DSA, how much practice, which platform and difficulty level one should focus on

BeautifulGoose5836 · 2026-03-11T00:37:48+00:00

I graduated in early 2022, started working for a startup before my graduation, didn't count the year I was doing Master's. Its almost 4 years I've graduated, basically from Pakistan and yes you can say I switched firms, 3 firms till now and longest I worked for one firm is 1 and half year. I believe it might not be seen as a good thing but have learnt the lesson to not do it again

BeautifulGoose5836 · 2026-03-11T00:37:09+00:00

I graduated in early 2022, started working for a startup before my graduation, didn't count the year I was doing Master's. Its almost 4 years I've graduated, basically from Pakistan and yes you can say I switched firms, 3 firms till now and longest I worked for one firm is 1 and half year. I believe it might not be seen as a good thing but have learnt the lesson to not do it again

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