I went for an internal civil service interview a few months back and didn't get it which I was gutted about. I got the feedback yesterday and I didn't just miss out, I seem to have completely missed the mark.
The thing is I spent weeks preparing, read over the competencies time and time again and felt that I had good examples. I felt the interview went reasonably well. I have lots of experience and do higher level work than my grade. I knew the star principle and talking about what I did.
I just feel so stupid now. I have seen colleagues go through who were younger and less experienced which was pretty gutting. I just feel so foolish feeling that the interview went well when they were sitting there thinking what on earth are you taking about. I expected to maybe score less in one of the competencies but don't seem to have shone brightly in any of them "Ineffective presentation of required skills and experience" was a recurring comment.
These opportunities don't come up this often and I had my chance and blew it!
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Stressmess · 21/02/2019 07:48
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