I've got a job interview tomorrow!!! (And now, who gives a f**k)

[ThinkingofRecovery]

Fingers crossed for you! All good experience to know what they want or to expect at the interviews. It was good of you to let her know you were interested in the other. If you don't put yourself out there, you aint going to get want you want - well that's what I have found in the past when I was more capable of work and ambitious.

[Stress Free Anxiety]

Good luck! *is sending her spare good vibes*

[ravynsoul]

Good luck!! Let us know how it goes!

[~*forever_broken*~]

As you can probably tell by the title change it did not go well. I THOUGHT the face-to-face interview had gone well... was told I would probably not hear for a week or two. Apparently they decided pretty quickly that they didn't want me as I got a letter today... which probably means they sent it no later than Friday in order for it to get here today. As I only just interviewed Wed afternoon it must not have been a very difficult decision for them to make.

I don't want to have to move home I need a job

[Sigma]

Well, if it's any help I always say 'in the next week or so' when I interview, just to give myself and the other interviewers some space for thinking if we need it. In reality I generally wait one night so we can all sleep on it, then come to a decision. That doesn't mean the ones we don't take aren't any good - in fact, one of the difficult things about recruiting is having to turn down people who could obviously do the job perfectly well - but there's only one job.

So don't assume you did badly. You're obviously capable or they wouldn't have interviewed you. Unfortunately there was someone who fitted better this time - and that's probably for reasons that don't reflect badly on you at all. Can you ask for feedback so you can improve in future? I know it can be scary to ask to be told about your weaknesses...

There was one job I didn't get although I had more experience in the main 'bit' of the job, because the person who got it had more experience in a smaller 'bit' of the job, and this was an area they wanted to develop. When I asked for feedback they told me that, and also told me how well I'd interviewed, what a great CV I had etc, so when I went for the next interview I had a lot more confidence.

Honestly, if you get to interview then you're a good candidate.