Don't get me wrong, you need to know your stuff technically. But at the end of the day, the interviewer is asking themselves, “would I like to work with this person ?”

I would suggest focus on interview skills. It doesn't matter how good you are if you can't communicate that to the interviewer.

I was able to secure my current full time job because I was the best communicator and had one of the best interviews. I know my coding skills were no where near other candidates but I was told that they couldn’t communicate well.