Maybe it's not your incompetence. Many companies are creating fake job openings. Why would they do this? Here are some reasons the HR lady will never tell you:
- Fake success: Only a financially healthy company would seek numerous new employees. Therefore, by posting fake job openings, they improve their “branding” for new clients, investors, suppliers, and partners.
- Fake salaries: Ever seen those job openings with absurd requirements and extremely low salaries? Many of them aren't real and exist so that industry professionals accept earning much less than they deserve. This happens a lot among programmers (the industry I worked in the longest), especially during times when many companies are laying off.
- Data accumulation and processing: Receiving resumes is the cheapest thing a company can do, and important insights can come from them. By analyzing them quantitatively, HR departments can get an idea of the current supply/demand and adjust their employees' salaries accordingly.
- Free labor: Some companies ask candidates to do some “tests” that are actually internal tasks. For example, I worked at a startup where the CTO purposely sent candidates “programming challenges” that were actually bugs that had been in the backlog for months. It's a dirty and unethical way to get work done using “crowdsourcing.”
However, it's important to emphasize: don't put yourself down because of these apparent “failures” in the job market. Recognize your professional value and form connections with other professionals who will help you find new opportunities. Networking is not a luxury; it's a necessity in today's world.