India, July 20 -- A software engineer's candid post about repeatedly facing rejection before landing a role at Google has struck a chord with social media users.

Taking to X, Soumyadeep Paul, a 27-year-old software engineer at Amazon, caught the internet's attention after revealing that he was rejected by Google 12 times before finally securing a job with the company on his 13th attempt. "I got into Google after getting rejected 12 times. 13th time was the charm," Paul wrote.

He shared that his experience wasn't limited to Google. Paul said he received an offer from Amazon only after 3 rejections and landed a role at Microsoft after being turned down 16 times. He added that he never even received a callback from Apple or Oracle.

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