Hiya, this is my first ever post so I hope I'm doing thing properly.
I feel really deflated and I just wanted anyone's advice to see if I am in the wrong.
I have a 5 year old ds and a 8 month old dd. After my maternity leave I decided that I wasn't sure if I wanted to go back to my job I had been at for 3 years working for the nhs nothing wrong with the job I just fancied a change in my career.
I applied for a job in a local doctors surgery that was part time and they called me about arranging an interview, at this point I didn't know much about the job apart from it was local doctors surgery and it was part time the lady I spoke to over the phone was really nice and said just come in for an interview and we can have a chat and discuss everything.
Anyway sorry about the waffling but to get the point I went to the interview today and firstly was made to wait half an hour before I even saw anyone but that was fine, I was interviewed by two people one was the practice manager she was very abrupt with her questions and I didn't take a warming to her she explained that they would need me to work 3 days a week each day at a different practice, and that the pay would be much less than I already get paid. At the end of the interview she said i don't ussually do this but I would like to offer you the job. I said 'thankyou that's great I just need a little time to think about it and go through the hours with my mum as she will be looking after my children' she said that's great I'm going to have some lunch then I will give you a call and see how you feel.
When i got home I went through the positives and negatives and decided the job wasn't for me. So when she called I said thankyou for the opportunity but I don't think this job is the best suit for me, then after that her tone completely changed she asked why and I said the travelling wouldn't suit me and the pay isn't what I was looking for. She then raised her voice saying ' just some advice for the future before you have an interview think about what you want first as you have wasted all morning for me and my colleuge and we've just spent half our lunch break sorting out shifts for you, I'm actually disgusted in you I'm glad you have declined the job' I was gobsmacked i said I'm really sorry you feel like this but to me an interview works both ways It gives you a chance to see if you want me and me a chance to see if the job suits me she responded with ' well thanks for being a time waster, you will not be welcome for a job here in the future' and hung the phone up on me.
The reason I'm posting this is since having my dd I have really lost my confidence and this was my first interview in a long time and I really didn't feel that I did anything wrong? I thought letting someone know 1 hour after an interview that it wasn't for me wasn't time wasting. My mum told me just to forget about it, but I have anxiety and its really playing on my mind its made me feel like an idiot and knocked my confidence for future interviews.