How do you handle interview rejection without losing motivation?

Got rejected after a final round I thought went well. It stung more than the early rejections because I got my hopes up. Wanted to start an honest thread about handling this, because nobody really talks about it.

A few things that have helped me so far:

• Separate the outcome from your worth. One rejection is one company's decision on one day, not a verdict on you.
• Ask for feedback. Some recruiters will actually tell you what was missing. Even one useful pointer makes the next attempt better.
• Do a calm post-mortem. What questions did I struggle with? Was it knowledge, structure, or nerves? Then fix that one thing.
• Keep the pipeline full. When you have other interviews lined up, no single rejection feels fatal.
• Treat each interview as reps. The skill compounds — you genuinely get better even from the ones you lose.

How does everyone else recover and keep going? Especially during a long placement season when rejections pile up.