Job Interviews are like blind dates

[marty56]

I Interviewed last week for a job that was pefect for me.  I had the right experience and it paid well and Ithought I did good in the interview but I got an email that next day stating that they would not extent me an offer since I was not the most qualified candiate.

I was honest about my experince and perhaps a little too honest since I told them I was a little rusty in one of the computer languages that they were interested in.   I hadn't used that language in about 5 years.

It was a contractor job which is always risky so even tough my ego was hurt,  I have a stable civil service job, and in 4 years I can do an early retirement and take a contractor job without fear.

Yeah, job interviews are like blind dates, you never really know how well you did until you try for a second date.

Right now I'm thinking of the AC/CD song Shot down in Flames.

LOL the reject email said that if they get any related positions, they would let me know.  If I hear from them again, I'm tempted to send them the David Allen Coe song or that immortal line from the Kid Rock song American Bad Ass.

[haulingthescoreup]

Oh, do send them the Coe song! I keep looking for a version I could burn on to a CD that I could mail in as my resignation announcement.

LOL, I hear ya. I'm being chased to switch to a full-time work from home contractor job, and as tempted as I am, it would be insane to give up the day job in this current (and future) economy.

But wow, working at home on my own schedule, in a different branch of where I am now; hard to get that idea out of my head!

[Anonymous]

Wow....I can hardly remember mine. I've only had one real job since college. Some old dude interviewed me. And I remember thinking, "this old dude ain't gonna hire me". Little did I know that "old dude" would turn out to be one of the strong influences in my professional life.  He's retired now, but every so often (especially when I interview prospective employees) I think of him. I guess when I do interview someone now, they're 'prolly thinking to themselves......"this old dude ain't gonna hire me."