I have submitted 322 carefully tailored applications, each with a personalised CV and cover letter. In total, I have had 12 face to face interviews and 4 AI interviews. Because from where I am standing, the recruitment system feels like a ladder that leads to a wall. But after seeing some interviewers expressions the moment they saw or heard my foreign name, I started wondering. Either way, if that is what it takes to get through the door in Britain today, then something is badly wrong.