Gutted

[flowersrain]

Just need somewhere to let this out.

Had an interview today for a job I really wanted. I prepared SO hard and invested so much time and energy into it but the interview just didn't go well. The interview was over Microsoft Teams so it was difficult to gauge the reactions of the interviewers and the lead
interviewer just seemed disinterested in anything I had to say.

I had a case study that I had to answer questions on and I think I messed it up. I keep going over the questions I was asked in my head and thinking of things I SHOULD have said but didn't. The questions were based as if I already did the role but it is a new role to me and, although I could draw on relevant experience, it was hard to answer the questions well.

I know it's only a job but I feel like I have let myself down by performing poorly and there aren't many jobs around at the moment so it is a worry - my current contract ends in March and I am not happy with my current job anyway.

I know I am often hard on myself but I am just dreading the call to tell me that I have been unsuccessful.

It's awful isn't it when you know you could have done better. Weirder things have happened though so you never know you may just be over-focusing on what you perceived as a cock-up but hopefully the rest of the interview went really well. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Meanwhile keep sending out those applications and odds are you will get an offer eventually.
I'm mostly a glass half full person but I'm struggling myself at this time - been job hunting since beginning of September, living off my savings and not having any luck so far. I'm looking for any CSR/Admin work but think my age (57) impacting my chances. Had a Teams Interview on Friday but not holding my breath. I'm aiming at sending out approx 4 applications every day which is so time consuming but I'm out of work so nothing else to do.

Be proud of the work you put in and the offer for interview, both are great achievements. I really do hope you get the role, but if you don’t then it wasn’t meant to be. Take as much as you can from the process, dust yourself down and on to the next one.

You can do it!

Thank you both, I just feel very disheartened.@Sunsetboater I would send out more applications but there don't seem to be any jobs at the moment! I did just send another application but I saw the job at 11pm and the deadline was 12pm so I had to bash it out quickly and it probably isn't great quality so I'm not going to get my hopes up.

Sorry to hear you're struggling too, Teams interviews are horrible aren't they? You can't really build rapport with the interviewers and I think it is more difficult to come across well. I really hope you get something soon.