Oh, crap.

[kitsap_charles]

I finally heard from the company I'd interviewed with, lo these almost three weeks ago.

Apparently I passed the technical screening, despite my feelings of having screwed up thoroughly. Unfortunately...

There were four managers in the second part of my interview. One of them wasn't really hiring; I suppose he was there just to advise the other three. One of them was looking for people with a skill set radically different than what I offered. One of them had her open positions withdrawn by the higher-ups-- that is, she was told to do the job with the people she already had on board. And the last one chose people who "fit into her existing team" better than they felt I would.

So I lost out, based on the "touch-feely" stuff in the management interview, which I'd thought I'd done well on. Perhaps I did do well, but others did better. That 's one way of looking at it.

The other way is that I'm still on unemployment, and have no immediate prospects. So it goes.

Comments

not bad though...

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Doing well on the technical screening isn't bad at all. Considering that there was actually only one spot open, it's not that bad that you didn't get it.
Are you staing in touch with the manager who had the open position withdrawn? Sometimes these positions open up again...

Good luck!

*hugs*

Re: not bad though...

[kitsap_charles]

There were actually several open positions, originally a half-dozen to ten or so. Some of them were cancelled, others went to people with skill sets not matching mine, and the remainder went to people who better matched their team.

And I indeed expressed my continuing interest in staying in touch, should by some circumstance further positions become available.

Thanks, and thanks.

*HUG*

[vamp-ire.livejournal.com]

Oh....that is really a bummer. I'm sorry to hear that. :(

It is cool you passed the tech screening though!

Just keep networking like mad with people, and I'm sure all your efforts will eventually bear fruit. I've always found networking was the best way to get things done... Do you belong to any email lists that would have potential employers on it, so that you could write on topic posts about issues they talk about and impress them with your knowledge and cool personality?? I've gotten jobs like that! It may be worth a try...

*HUG*

Vamp:)=

[aladriana.livejournal.com]

I hate it when it takes so long, just for someone to say no.

Good luck in the continuing search!!! I hope something comes along soon.

long time is good...

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

I actually like it when it takes them a long time to say no.
If they say no quickly then that means I was eliminated in the culling process early.
I'm certainly continuing to look for jobs until I have a physical offer letter in my hands though.

Re: long time is good...

[aladriana.livejournal.com]

Hrm, I hadn't thought of it that way. That makes a great point!

[submarine-bells.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that job didn't pan out. It sounds like you were certainly in the running, certainly "competitive", as they say - but it's unfortunate that many of the positions were withdrawn.

Jobhunting sucks, doesn't it? I was out of work for three years after I finished my undergraduate degree, so I have a good idea how hard it can be to continue trying to find work week after week, month after month. Common sense suggests that if one keeps on trying something and it doesn't work, then it makes sense to stop. Unfortunately, that's not how it goes in the jobseeking thing - one has to keep on keeping on, even if it seems pointless. But the thing is that it isn't pointless - jobseeking has the lottery-nature to a fair degree, and one just has to keep plugging on until one's numbers come up. And they will, eventually. The trick is in not giving up too soon.

So here's a vast bucketload of stubborn-determination vibes for you. Keep up the good work, and may your numbers come up soon!

[lcohen]

i think that it sounds like you did very well. and like that manager who was told she couldn't hire probably feels like she was kneecapped.

all you can do is keep on pecking away at it. are you applying for stuff that isn't exactly what you do but what you do has taught you how to do things that might translate well? i was a theater major who had no training in financial stuff at all but i wound up doing financial administration from having a balanced checkbook, having done a tiny bit of budgeting for a department i was managing, and applying at a place that really needed financial people and decided to take a chance.

here's to better luck soon!!

[(Anonymous)]

Oh damn. Damn damn damn.

I want to write something encouraging and minimising, but I don't know how to do that without it coming over as condescending or something.

There is much to be heartened by in how it turned out, I guess. Losing to touchy feely stuff is perhaps the "best" way to not get a job, since I tend to think that sort of thing is beyond one's ability to control, anyway - if people are going to go on impressions, they've formed those impressions pretty early on and there isn't much one can do to change or affect them.

Damn damn damn.

Australian Joe

[elfric.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about the job. Hang in there, though. Things will turn around -- they always do