Anyone else stuck in a similar situation?

[Prakash]

I used to say I didnt want to be a part of the crowd, you know, just doing some job for the sake of it for my whole life. I wanted to do something on my own. But now I am just looking for a job that pays at least 20k/month so I can get by.  I am a 25 year old B.Tech CSE graduate with no job and nothing much to show for it. I am just trying to survive so I can eventually do something with my life. I dont really want to do a corporate job forever, but I guess I have to start somewhere. I am doing a Data Analyst course to get into the field, but I am not really sure what to do next. I have given over ten interviews for different roles like Quality Assurance, Software Testing, SDE, and Python Developer, but I failed all of them. Sometimes I didnt know the technical stuff well enough, but most of the time I messed up the general questions they asked.  In my last interview for a Software Testing role, the interviewer asked me where I saw myself in the next five to eight years. I said I wanted to do well in the role, become a team lead, and keep learning to get a better position. The interviewer, who was pretty nice, told me that was a bad answer. He said I should have said I wanted to stay in that role for a long time, more than 5 years.  I mean what is wrong with wanting to learn and earn more? Everyone wants that. It feels like companies just want people to work for them forever without any growth.

[Bharat]

Most people at 22 say they dont want to be part of the rat race. By 25 most of them are just trying to get in.