Giving up

bud08

I am a career changer. That in itself must be a dirty word in IT, because I just had the worst interview of my life today.

I was told to prepare for an hour interview with the manager. Instead I met two managers for 15 minutes. When we sat down, they introduced themselves and then sat there saying nothing. They stared at their blackberries. I chitchatted and they finally spoke. They asked me nothing about my resume. Instead they posed maybe five questions about things unrelated to the posted position and my IT education.

I had come in for an entry level Help Desk. The only requirement was a High School Diploma. They were asking me about my experience with Juniper equipment (not listed on my resume and not in the job's reqs). One chuckled at my certifications. She asked If I could travel throughout the state, even though the job was 90% phone and 100% at that office. I tried to keep a smile and answer positively. The male manager ignored me most of the time only to chuckle inappropriately at what I said and typed on his blackberry. The female manager was nice at least but she ushered me out into the hallway because the next guy is coming in 10 minutes. What the hell???

I ended up showing myself out the door.

I have gone over and over in my head. I am confident they didn't mistake me for another applicant. Was it a stress interview? Is it yet another big business looking to add numbers to their applicant pool? Why waste me time and theirs?

I am so depressed about my job search. I have had 2 phone interviews that went great but with no replies back, my recruiter never returns my emails and now this disaster. I can't tell my partner about it anymore because I don't want him to feel like its his job to cheer me up.

It so aggravating and humiliating. I am contemplating just getting my CCNA and foregoing the PC Tech/Help Desk jobs. But what do I do about the gap in my resume?

I don't know what to do. Thanks for letting me vent.

snokerpoker

VAHokie56 wrote: »

I am for this idea

Same here! Trust me, you don not want to work there if they acted like that during an interview. Very unprofessional.