We've all been there. Go easy on yourself - you clearly learned where you need to improve for next time and you will.

Don't let speaker mess you up, I use speaker all the time when I want to take notes but it doesn't mean there is someone else on with me. But even if there is, who cares...you will know for next time to expect that and not to get freaked out. I'm sure the next one will go a lot smoother!

Similar experience, thanks for sharing and for the advice!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, getting rejected is hard. You may have flubbed the interview, or maybe they had someone else already in mind, or any number of things. Feel bad for a little while, then pick yourself up and keep trying. You'll get a job, it just may take a while (especially in this job market).

It's funny, because on the surface, it looks like things are booming around here - crazy housing costs, new construction all over the place, lots of dual income high HHI families. Compared to where I came from, it looks like there is so much going on economically - so I'm surprised that it has been this hard for me. The last time I had to try so hard to get a job was 13 years ago when I was right out of college. Sadly, I think I'm in the doughnut hole - a skill set that puts me above retail or low-level call center type work, but not so advanced or specialized that I'm a shoo-in anywhere else (took a few years to SAH but have had a job since then) and I've yet to figure out an algorithm for getting me successfully to the other side of a Fed application.

I'm with you OP. The donut hole keeps growing - i shudder to think what it'll look like 10-20 years from now.

The Onion recently had a story about an employer mucking up an interview. It was told from the employers perspective. Worth checking out OP, it might make you feel better!

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, getting rejected is hard. You may have flubbed the interview, or maybe they had someone else already in mind, or any number of things. Feel bad for a little while, then pick yourself up and keep trying. You'll get a job, it just may take a while (especially in this job market).

It's funny, because on the surface, it looks like things are booming around here - crazy housing costs, new construction all over the place, lots of dual income high HHI families. Compared to where I came from, it looks like there is so much going on economically - so I'm surprised that it has been this hard for me. The last time I had to try so hard to get a job was 13 years ago when I was right out of college. Sadly, I think I'm in the doughnut hole - a skill set that puts me above retail or low-level call center type work, but not so advanced or specialized that I'm a shoo-in anywhere else (took a few years to SAH but have had a job since then) and I've yet to figure out an algorithm for getting me successfully to the other side of a Fed application.

Rejection is always hard. Don't beat yourself up, but definitely reflect on what you could have done better/differently, so that you can be better prepared for the next phone interview. I find that they are becoming more and more common, so it's best to figure out a strategy. One specific thing - you mentioned that you forgot to ask something that you normally would ask. I think that's one of the benefits of a phone interview, in that you can have notes etc. that you can reference during the interview, much more so than during an in-person interview.

Good luck!

I'm sorry, getting rejected is hard. You may have flubbed the interview, or maybe they had someone else already in mind, or any number of things. Feel bad for a little while, then pick yourself up and keep trying. You'll get a job, it just may take a while (especially in this job market).

I got the rejection email on Saturday but it is still on my mind.
I'm so disappointed - I really wanted the job, it looked like a good match for my skill set and I've found very few of those around here.

When the recruiter called, I could tell she had me on speaker. Made me wonder who else was listening (only one interviewer) and I let myself get flustered. I think a little nervousness came through in my responses - they were perhaps overly lengthy and I'd forgotten to ask a couple of questions I normally would ask. Normally I'm great on the phone. I don't know what happened. My only goal was to get a real interview - fail.

I haven't worked since we've moved here and I am with my kids 24/7 right now. I am starting to go crazy and so ready for this to end.