What I Learned From My Disaster of a Job Interview

Career

And what it can teach you

Last week I had a job interview. And to say that it did not go well would be an understatement. I had applied for the job about 2 months ago. I had an initial interview about a week after I applied that I thought went pretty well.

It was actually a pretty laid-back, easy-going interview. At the time everything really worked in my favor. For some reason, technology would not cooperate that day, and the zoom link would not work. And the other party that would ordinarily assist in conducting the interviews was not available.

So all these factors came together to work in my favor. Things seemed to really go well and the interviewer made me feel very secure. He said he would be in touch and follow up the next week. But he definitely gave me the impression that he wanted to hire me.

But after a month’s time I had not heard from him. So I wrote it off as maybe I just wasn’t the right fit. Time to regroup and see what’s next. Then lo and behold about 5 weeks from the initial interview, he called me up out of the blue and says that he would like to interview me again.

In my mind I thought, great… better late than never. I’m not going to lie. Because my initial interview was so laid back, I figured this interview would be similar. And in the back of my mind, I actually thought I had it in the bag and that this was just a formality and that I would definitely be hired.

Well you know what they say about assumptions. This interview was nothing like the initial interview. It just so happens the zoom link was working this day ( just my luck).

And there was not one, not two, not three…but four people conducting this interview. (I know-my luck just keeps getting better). Well this environment was extremely intimidating to say the least.

I got tripped up on the third question…started stumbling, started stuttering, and stopped mid-sentence, shook my head and said, “I can’t do this.” Then I abruptly ended the interview by slamming my laptop down as I continued to scold myself.

“I can’t do this.”

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