Rejection from job interview (job I'm already in)

CoraC — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 06:17:35 GMT

Job hunting. It's hard, right? I don't enjoy going through the motions of trying to 'big' myself up because that feels fake.then the whole selling yourself palaver. It's the worst. But I thought I had worked out my own magic formula for getting it right. 1) take contract role to see if you like job, people etc. all being well, apply for permanent job as one comes available. Then youve established yourself, have good solid work skills, good already formed relationships and you're a known quantity.

Well didn't all this come unstuck when I applied for my internal role at work recently. At this point I've done the role a year. Got the interview, told I'd done very well but oh well um we have no perm job to give you (job advertised as perm). We can give you a few more weeks work but that's it. Later a colleague (who I've trained and mentored in the few months he's been there ) announces he's been given a much longer contract than I have. I am genuinely thrilled and pleased he will have some certainty. But now I realise how poorly I have done in their eyes. I have nothing but respect for my colleague who secured the longer role but have lost respect for the decision makers who deemed me to be less suitable, have overlooked my 20 years industry experience, taking on extra duties and helping out the whole team. I just feel like walking out the door and never coming back. Please does anyone have advice? I'm in a pit of despair about this and don't know if I'll be able to interview again without huge anxiety.

Rejection from job interview (job I'm already in)

Bjc1 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 09:03:32 GMT

Hi,

I had a similar experience many years ago, i had worked in the position for 6 months on a temp basis, the position became permanent, i applied and I did not get it, i had 12 years experience. My biggest problem was i knew i did a fantastic job, so the question was, why didn't I get it? When they told me at work I actually cried and rang in sick for 2 days, i was embarrassed and felt so let down. To make it worse i had to train the new lady who had no experience but got the job. Anyway to cut a long story short, someone said to me at work one day "how did you interview", when i really thought about this question, i could honestly say that i believed i would get the position so I probably did not give 110% at interview and when i made further enquiries, my interview is what let me down. A month after the new lady started, she resigned, she could not handle the job so everyone was prompting me to apply and after much deliberation i did apply and studied my backside off to ensure that my interview was perfect. I got the job. This experience although crippling at the time has been my biggest lesson in regards to jobs and interviews. We are never guaranteed a position but to get the position you want you have to do the hard work to hopefully impress the panel. I am a fighter so this experience has encouraged me over the years to push as hard as i can, do my best and if i don't get the job there is normally a reason. Sometimes not getting the job is not the worst thing that can happen, the job i am in now I got but i don't like it and I am wishing i didn't get it and this is my current anxiety issue. If you can look at this experience as a stepping stone and recover from it and keep applying and making an effort you will eventually get there. If this does not work, i suggest you speak to the people that interview you and see where you were lacking. Good luck.

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