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The reason for the long job interview is to wear you down, so the real you can be seen.
^^That's very interesting.
Personally I have a college degree, but I value work experience, good attitude, and cultural fit far and above any college degree. I did spend some time in Corporate America after college, and they were very big on college degrees. No college degree, no interview. The irony is, that environment is so average on the inside, people just have no idea.. Especially at the grunt/middle management level, everyone is dead on the inside. When you see advertisements for those really big companies during the Superbowl, those are made by ad agencies somewhere far away. The truth is anyone who has a single creative bone in their body will over time wilt inside Corporate America.
I can only speak for us, as we are a small business, but if I advertise for a very specific skill set and experience, then I absolutely 100% need that specific skill set and experience. So get your resume very specific for the job you applying too, and leave everything else off. If you were in a career field, left that career field, and then came back, be prepare to explain why. I get dozens of unqualified applicants who will blindly send out resumes just to see what sticks. Those people make it hard for the good candidates to get through. Managers can get cynical after a while. The other thing is cultural fit. We don't always hire the most qualified candidate for this reason. We are very gun friendly here, for example. I let people know this when they interview.
My best advice probably is, that the best jobs are not on job boards - those are all by word of mouth. Chat people up, network people, let them know you're looking. You'd be surprised.