By turning down a job (potentially)

[Shizzlestix]

I need to leave my current workplace. I’ve started to hate it despite having seriously improved certain aspects-rave annual review, but some awful behaviour from those senior to me. There’s a job coming up for which I’ve been offered an interview. However, I just don’t think it’s the job for me. There are other jobs coming up, quite a lot. AIBU to hold my nerve and tolerate the crap from above and wait til something more appealing comes up or do I take it just to get out? Sorry, don’t want to say what job.

I would go along to the interview, it might be a good stop gap until you find something more suitable, and it would give you some recent interview experience . How is it financially? More money than current job?

I'm in a very similar position, have decided to just go the interview and make any decisions from there - either way good experience. I'm trying to view it as an entirely separate thing to everything else.

Same money. Trouble is my age, wrong side of 40, in my industry, people are not madly keen to recruit older people.

I might not get offered the role, which would solve the dilemma!

You don't think it's the job for you, but you don't know, so it might be worth going just to find out. You can always turn it down. Plus it's a dress rehearsal for an interview for a job you DO want. Plus you'll feel better doing something proactive instead of sitting at work with your awful bosses.