Long story short (ish)
I was employed in a department on a temp 3 month rolling contract and was in post for 18 months. During this time I was a vital part of the team and was given a lot of responsibility above my pay grade ( I am a responsible and reliable worker). Unfortunately, the team was run by a psychopath (in the true sense of the word) who was not only a useless manager but a vile bully and fraudster to boot. A number of staff got together and spoke up about her behaviour. This resulted in the manager becoming more vile and defensive. The upshot being she terminated my contract even though it left the department below critical staffing levels. She told the rest of the team I was terminated because she'd spoken to my previous employer who said they had sacked me for gross misconduct! This is a complete fabrication, I may add!
This dragon has since been investigated and her disciplinary hearing is this Wednesday.
Ok, we're four months down the line and they advertise my old post. I apply as do 2 internal applicants and one external. I am, by far, the most qualified for the job. All four applicants are invited to interview. They requested we prepare a presentation and then the panel would interview us. I prepared and delivered a relevant presentation and the rest of the interview went really well.
I was quietly confident as it had gone so swimmingly. I was pretty upset when I got the call telling me I was unsuccessful. My flabber was then truly gasted when I found out they had offered the job as a job share to the two internal candidates and also offered the external candidate a part time contract.
The three staff that interviewed me are loyal to the psycho manager because she knows where the bodies are buried. They were all in on the fraudulent claiming of expenses, et al, and none of them wanted investigators poking around. I also think the psycho manger is still pulling their strings hence no chance of her wanting me back.
When is was told I hadn't got the job, I asked why not and the interviewer told me he couldn't give me any feedback. I want to know what crap they come up with as to why I didn't get the job. I was thinking of writing something like this but was wondering is it
A) too confrontational
B) desperate
C) should I just forget about it, move on and not give the thieving little fuckers the satisfaction of knowing how gutted I am????
I would be grateful if you could supply me with a feedback form please. I am aware I was the only candidate from the interview process not to be offered a position. As a candidate, I met all the person specifications. I am experienced and was the most versatile candidate as I have skills across three modalities. As the only applicant currently working in and with proven experience in a Band 6 role and also offering full flexibility with regard to the hours, days and locations that I would be available to work, it must be that I made a number of critical errors during my interview.
I would appreciate if you could highlight the areas of weakness and the errors and omissions that led to me failing where the other candidates succeeded.
Thanks, MNetters.