Recently, I interviewed for a HR position at my current place of work - I work in a completely different department so when they advertised for the role, I emailed the HR Manager to with a few questions - one being if they required someone with previous experience. She said although it would be a bonus, that's not what they are looking for specifically for this role.
I applied and completed a task and then was invited for an interview over Zoom, I told them about my previous job (it was my one and only but I was there for 9 years until I was made redundant due to Store Closures) in the 9 years, I progressed from a temp to a Sales Manager and did gain some understanding of HR along the way etc etc
I received an email today which said that I was not successful for the role and that they had feedback to offer, which of course I am happy to take as I do want to get into HR however the emailed was signed off with the following:
"I really enjoying talking with you and hearing about your career so far and I'm really sorry that in this instance its not a match for this particular role"
It's the above which confuses me and slightly has me annoyed because it now seems to me that I was not successful because I don't have HR experience.
Can someone maybe help me understand what the above may have meant as I feel like it's knocked my confidence to apply for any HR roles again, internally or externally?