Didn't even get interview

[lalalonglegs]

So I went for my dream job in a really good organisation for which I have tonnes of experience and I wrote a really enthusiastic application. Just heard I'm not even going to get an interview - am I being weird to be so upset? What can I do better next time (I praised the area I would be working in for the product they put out, outlined in detail all my relevant experience etc). Where did I go wrong? HR dept say they cannot give feedback.

lalalonglegs that is a shame and I am disappointed that your time was wasted - some organisations do have a policy of advertising externally regardless, but this is a spectacular waste of everyone's time if there is genuinely no chance of even an outstanding candidate being considered.

Please don't assume this is very common, and sorry you have been a victim of it this time.

How annoying, lalalonglegs! But at least you have some inside knowledge that it was earmarked for an internal applicant. I have suspected much the same thing in a couple of the applications I have made.

Once I was told that the reason I wasn't shortlisted for interview was 'because I didn't have any local contacts as I lived in London, not Devon'. Even though I have a fair bit of local knowledge as I have been visiting family in the area for nearly 20 years.

I re-read the job description and there was absolutely no mention of 'local contacts' as a criteria for shortlisting, or any statement that preference would be given to local candidates .

And those applications take so long, it is just so frustrating!

Porpoise, you didn't apply for a job with a well-known media company advertised in same company's famous Monday job pages did you?

CAT me if you like. I have goss!