Not getting a job you have applied to is not the most pleasant experience, I haven't met a single person who just applies to jobs for the joy of making random HR departments work harder, haha.
Some of these companies don't even have an application process that makes sense, and some applications go on for hours, often extending the process for weeks and even months.
As such, the realization that you've essentially wasted a few hours of your life on something that will not generate income in your favor can be very disheartening.
However, the biggest mistake workers in transition can make is to lose motivation upon seeing the rejection emails come in. If the job is great, doesn't make sense a lot of people will compete for it?
My personal trick to overcome any kind of rejection, not just in matters related to labor, is to not take it personally. I know that sounds easier said than done, how can you not take it personally if they rejected your efforts and potential?
Once upon a time I had a neighbor whom I actually wanted to make friends with, he seemed like a cool dude, the problem was that he had this deeply rooted desire to be seen. In that urgency to be recognized, he turned to frequently attempting to shock people psychologically to get their attention. It's not that he was trying to be mean to others, but he was absolutely trying to force a strong reaction out of people using whatever means...and that included making fun of others.
I have nothing against humor, in fact, I use it often during speaking events when I have a chance to present. But humor can be quite dangerous and my neighbor didn't seem to have the discipline to stop when he was making others uncomfortable. It was as if the laughs were making him so intoxicated by the happiness of others that he couldn't see anything but that reaction, he could never see how he could be hurting someone else in that crowd.
He didn't mean wrong, it's impossible to make everyone happy, but when he'd start talking he'd say anything so long as others would give him attention...he was walking about making people angry on purpose and then making fun of them for getting angry.
For that reason alone I did my best not to interact with this neighbor, even though we could have probably been best of friends because he was an extremely bright person.
The smartest, the bravest, the most emotionally intelligent people can fall victim to overestimating how much time others have to invest in them.
The same guy, later on, confessed how he was struggling with rejection from his father whom he had never met, attempted to contact, but his biological father refused to meet him. I told him that his father couldn't possibly reject him because his father doesn't know the first thing about him.
This seems to have given my neighbor some relief, remembering that people who don't know you can't reject you.
For all you know they didn't even look at your resume, for all you know they just glanced at it or they weren't really looking to fill that position to begin with. A more capable candidate, in their opinion, could have applied.
Some job applicants are tempted to ask why they didn't get the job but I personally would never do that unless invited to. If that's your dream company then fight to get in, work your way into the position that you want, but if it's just another company to you just find one willing to consider your qualifications more carefully.
One thing is to get fired, but if they never hired you in the first place they haven't had the opportunity to reject you. It's their lose, that's how I see it and that way of looking at it might help others digest the situation a little better.
The best advice I can give to someone stressing over a couple non-productive job applications, especially jobs in the blockchain industry since they are so desirable, is to double down on their efforts. If you sent 20 applications this week next week send 40, write a better cover letter, check your email more often and complete the assessments in a timely fashion.
I am fully aware of how stone-age like the recruiting process can be for most companies, I think the people who are denouncing it for how inconvenient it can be are doing a great thing in protesting, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a bunch of people who need to find employment quickly.
Every time someone has said "no" someone else gave me a better "yes" later on. But I never stopped looking for the yes...
