To take a job someone else wanted more?

You weren’t responsible for allocating the posts, so you’ve got nothing to feel guilty about. Next time someone makes a comment, tell them to take it up with management.

I wonder if the management in this team didn’t want the other person… and asked for you. (Still not your problem).

Taylor Swift has the job I want and I want it more than she does. I’ve just shaken it off though now.

OP - I'm guessing it's something like a trainee solicitor and you've been allocated the seat in a niche department?

Assuming it's something you're genuinely interested in then it's fair game. If you are pretty sure you aren't interested in it other than a more fun six months than doing a dull seat then it potentially feels as if the other person isn't entirely wrong to feel a bit disgruntled.

If it's not a trainee solicitor situation then ignore all of this!!

I'd imagine most roles in any job with even a small amount of desirability would have plenty of others who also wished for the role. That's the way it works. There's one opening and they chose you. Someone feels jealous.
Just do the best you can in your team and be helpful and open with your colleagues.
You deserve it as that's who they picked.

You need to stop allowing this kind of bollocks to take hold.

’I didn’t make the decision, and if, in spite of their hard work Mary didn’t get the place maybe they’re not suited to it. I’m really enjoying my turn in the team and don’t appreciate you undermining me or my work’.

Start advocating for yourself now and it’ll be easier when you’re more experienced.

Take it. If this was men, they wouldn't doubt themselves nor give away what they have earnt! @purplecale

OP, I say this entirely kindly, but toughen up. Look into confidence building, find a workshop, a counsellor, a career coach, a mentor, whatever. But do not let imposter syndrome creep into your career (any more than it naturally does for all of us).

You got the rotation because "HR place you in a team based on your individual preferences, whether you had a top choice in previous rotations, and in discussion with team managers who receive individual’s CVs." The concerned party who is keeping their distance may well be a bit upset, disappointed, maybe even peeved. By being civil and staying quiet, they are just dealing with it in a professional and dignified manner.

I am mid late?! thirties and I work in a corporate environment, it took me years to recognise and own the fact that I was actually getting somewhere through my own effort and competence. Happily, I see younger women now who seem to have imbibed this self-confidence in their twenties, and my younger sister is a stone-cold boss in pay negotiation. You need to take a deep breath and tell yourself that you work hard and deserve this rotation and these opportunities. Good luck!

I suspect the team didn't want someone who had made it clear they felt entitled to the spot and would play up if they didn't get it. You completely deserve it and should stand up for yourself a little more, even if just to yourself.

You clearly deserved the spot.

Ignore the snide remarks and be a brilliant person on the team.

It's not your problem

Ignore and do your work to best ability.

Not your problem. Why would you give up a highly competitive position that has been allocated to them, that you want to be in? Thats ingrained 'good girl, be nice' syndrome if ever I heard it

And if you turn it down, I would imagine there is absolutely no guarantee that other person would get it.

They may give it to someone else.

How gutted would you feel then? Also wouldn't look good on you.

You were the best person and you were offered it. Take it!!!

What does this other person (who is bitching) think you should do - go to HR, give up your position and suggest that the other applicant be handed the job. That is not how this works. FFS.

It doesn't matter what anyone else wanted, you were picked, of course you take it. A man wouldn't even cross his mind not to take it.

Do you think a man would be asking this?
As for that snide person who didn't get the spot they wanted - screw them

I really, really wanted to win that house in London on the omaze competition recently - someone else won it. I wonder if they'd give it to me as I wanted it more than they did?

If you hadn't got the job there is still no guarantee that this other person would have got it.

You can’t let other peoples envy undermine you or control your choices. Take what you’ve earned.

I would absolutely take it . Just because someone is vocal about something doesn’t make them more deserving .

This is your career not a friends game . It isn’t he who shouts loudest

It is very likely that the team manager had significant input.

Someone wanting something does not necessarily mean they are the best choice for that team.

Plenty of people want things they are ill-suited for.

It's not your fault. It is likely that even if you were not there they would not have secured the spot. HR will know they want it and this is a message to them to find something they are better suited to

Take it and ignore. I bet HR have their reasons.