Darn..

brabbege

After weeks of searching and dead end recruiter phonecalls, I finally got an interview. For an Information Security Analyst role no less with a decent sized hospital. Would have been my first security role! Coming from 1 year of experience in a PC Deployment contract I was very excited.Thing is, I live in Pittsburgh and this job was in Long Island. The IT manager had agreed to do a Skype interview, and to my surprise, he thought it went great. Even told me I was the front runner, awww yeah.

So he and HR told me I had to come out though and do a face to face. Fine. Gonna be worth it, I told myself- they're making me come all the way from Pittsburgh for a meet and greet, essentially, with the IT Director, which I assumed meant really good prospects. So I get there the next week, and all this "interview" was was a 15 minute chat with HR, then another 20min talk with the director. No technical, just "here'e what were gonna do, any questions?" and that's it. This was 2 weeks ago. Get a call today from HR that lasted about 15 seconds that said hey, sorry. come again.

Man thats deflating. Drove all the way out there for nothing, pretty much a $200 talking session.

puertorico1985

That's a bummer. I'm assuming they didn't even give you a reason why they did not choose you? If that's the case, you do not even know where to improve so that you can land your next position. I would try and follow up and try to get an answer as to why they went with another candidate. Can't hurt to reach out and try and better your chances for the next interview.

kohr-ah

Keep your chin up. I been through that too and recently as well.

Just look at it as you got interview experience and keep trying and you will find your place you want to be. They aren't the last

brabbege

No, no reason. Just the typical Walmart general brand excuse of "We've elected to choose a candidate who more closely aligns with our current goals" which is corporate blanket excuse for not hiring me for any possible reason, really. Not enough experience, hair too long, eyes to nose ration too small, etc. Just irritates me. I still want to go to NYC, but every trip out there is vacation days wasted here, 3 tanks of gas and tolls. I've got some money stored away but I certainly can't afford to do that all the time.

Jon_Cisco

Stay positive. You were in the running and scored an interview. Sure it was costly but job hunting can be like that.

Remember any company that is offering a half way decent position is going to have to choose from a number of qualified candidates. Not getting the position is not the same as not being good enough for the position.

Good Luck with your future interviews.

xnx

I've had worse 1 + hour technical interviews, good interview feedback but no Yes / No follow-up calls.

I guess not responding allows the company to fall back on you if the deal with their desired employee falls through

Utter pisstake

jamesleecoleman

Maybe you can write off the $200 off your taxes or something?

Don't get down, keep going. I had an interview (for an entry level position) that went great with HR, CIO and the department head. I didn't get the position and I was a little lost. I was told that I didn't have enough experience at an ISP (I had about 8 months) and leadership experience. They wanted someone with 1 year experience at an ISP and with leadership experience.

They didn't ask for any of those things when I was sent the job requirements document but I was asked about leadership during the interview, which was strange.

swellbow

I know you might be feeling a bit sore about your situation at the moment, but take a look at this:

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140611220915-780585-the-biggest-mistake-after-a-job-rejection?trk=tod-home-art-list-small_2

Keep doing what you do.. as others have stated, competition for anything decent in IT/life in general is fierce, and one rejection doesn't mean you're not qualified.

jibbajabba

Can't count the wasted vacation days, gas and time for fruitless interviews .. part of the game unfortunately ..