I've written a stream of posts on the importance of persisting in the face of job interview rejections or life's difficulties. Below is my favorite story on persistence: Sun was a fledgling company and was fighting Apollo for a deal with Computervision. They worked for months, then one day Vinod got a call from a Computervision representative notifying them that they had chosen Apollo. Apparently, Computervision had made the decision long ago. By now, there were Computervision reps from Europe who had arrived at Apollo for technical training.
Such a good reminder not only to keep your head up high, but go the extra mile