I'm so upset that I didn't get the job

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I currently hate my job, I did extra training for it (healthcare related), followed by an MSc so now I'm trapped in a specialised role where I feel undervalued and can only use minimal clinical judgment due to shitty management

So I went for an interview today, it would've been a great role, diverse, lots of opportunity and was quite specialised and I knew I was well qualified for it

The feedback was that I didn't give enough depth in my answers and there were people who were more qualified

Anyway I just wanted someone to talk to about it, I have to go into work tomorrow and the thought of that after a week off makes me want to die I hate it so much

I’m so sorry you didn’t get the job. Could you look for something else maybe not in the field? You sound miserable and unless you’re struggling for money your mental health is more important than a job that makes you want to die .

Sorry to hear that, OP. I'd be upset, too.

Do the jobs you're interested in come up often?

Sorry that things didn’t work out for you. Try to hold onto the fact you got to interview stage.

Although you do have the special training could you use the underlying skills to get a different job?

Is there any option to discuss your current position with management/HR to say you don’t feel you get to use all the skills you have?

Job hunting sucks. Much sympathy, I hate my current role and I’m desperate to get out.

I did an hour long telephone interview for a job I thought was perfect (I know there’s no such thing). Haven’t heard a peep back. Not even a thanks, but no thanks

What don’t you like about it? The actual job, the people, the company?

I can't stand the management
They're rude, unprofessional, talk about and laugh about other employees.
We're treated like minions

My actual job would be great if they let me use my skills, not just tick boxes to get stats
The people I work with are lovely and supportive and we laugh a lot together

I know I could've added more at interview. I think I had a false sense of confidence and let myself down.
I just want to go back in time and do it again

I am thoroughly miserable in work, sometimes I have terrible thoughts on my drive in

It's NHS and we all know how whistle blowing works out in that environment

Sorry meant to say thank you for the support and kind words
Really means a lot

Couldn't ignore this - I'm so sorry you didn't get the job, it's a killer working in a shit environment.
Don't give up, you will find something better

Another one sending virtual support. Today wasn’t your day but something different snd better, as others have said, will happen. Stay strong. Soon it will be Spring which makes travelling back and forward to work easier

I guessed NHS.

Would it be weird to email the two on the panel saying thank you for the opportunity and I hope I can be considered for roles in the future?

I still feel like I messed up

Think about it some more before you email. Do you come across these people regularly and have a working relationship?

Your feedback is almost identical to the feedback my DD got on Friday after attending an assessment centre a fortnight ago. She's gutted about not giving depth to her answers. She says she could easily have expanded but didn't read the signs. She thinks she just answered too briefly because she thought that's what they wanted.
She's still upset, too.

Every sympathy. I gave a blinder-of an interview for a dream job only to find out when they rang back to say that I’d given a great interview did I not know there was a preferred candidate.......
Then there was the two interviews when I got excellent feedback - the HR manager emailed me personally to say so but again, given internally.......
Still can feel the disappointment years later......my life would have been so different......
Give yourself time, rant away about it all and then take strength that you won’t be beaten down by it

Sympathies

I drove a 6 hour round commute during storm Ciara to attend an interview that lasted all of 5 minutes where I was asked 2 questions designed to ‘get a feel for my personality’.

Received a rejection on the Monday stating my personality wasn’t right for the company.

I know rules and regs dictate that x number of people have to be interviewed for a job, but it not only sucks but is wasting people's time, energy, money and, most importantly, hope , if the interview is just a box-ticking exercise and the position has already been filled.

I'm sure many of us have experienced this. The lack of questions, engagement, the bored-looking interviewer.... And then the wishy-washy feedback. All different from an interview where you feel at least you had a shot, even if you messed up or the competition was better.

@Froq so sorry about your experience, it's so hard to know isn't it
@Rinsefirst to your daughter.

I also felt I'd given a good interview, it's hard to know how much depth to give
Especially re safeguarding, I feel it would be unprofessional to reel off specifics and my current role was detailed in my application

Another sympathies here although I am self medicating with

Totally echo everyone else here, interviews with not even the decency to tell you you've been unsuccessful, refusal to give feedback at all, and even being told you were the best candidate but that you'll be bored and leave in 6 months. Err, isn't that my choice I'm still not over that one!!

Just keep plugging away, it's all we can do!!

Ha ha!! I didn't pick gin 4 times, but maybe I should start!! Was flowers, cake and some emojis!!

You have my utmost sympathy, I have recently interviewed for a role - put in so much time effort and work and it went internal and was already a done deal with an internal candidate. It is so disheartening and for the past year I feel like I have been trying to push shit up a hill.