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I am pissed and depressed and frustrated.
I had an interview on Thursday the 29th for a position as a receptionist/secretary at a nearby doctor's office. I got there about ten minutes early and found out, hey there are about eight other people waiting for an interview with this guy. This will be fun. And of course, being a doctor, he is running late. I finally get called back 2nd to last. While waiting, we had formed a sort of cheerleading team -- chorused "good luck" whenever someone ahead of us went in and "bye!" when someone left. By the time it was my turn, there was one girl remaining. I felt bad because there was no one left to be her cheerleader, so I promised I would wait for her, then I went into my interview.
Dr. Diliberto was a nice guy. He greeted me with a smile, a handshake, and a completely exasperated statement: "Would you believe I got over 500 responses??" He told me he was looking to quickly weed out a bunch of candidates to get a reasonable number for further interviews. He was mainly looking for someone with a good personality "who could handle the difficult calls" -- he was willing to train an inexperienced candidate as long as a she met the personality requirement. We spoke a bit more and he ended up saying that he really liked me even though I was overqualified ("not that that's a bad thing") and put four stars at the top of my resume. He walked me back out, and I re-entered the waiting room where Christina, the last remaining candidate, was still waiting. I chatted with her a bit, and said I'd wait for her to get out. Five minutes later, she was back. We compared notes on our way out to our cars, and she said that the doctor had said he liked both of us a lot. On Friday afternoon, I received a call from the office. I had a second interview.
On Monday the 2nd, I went in for my second interview with Dr. Diliberto. He gave me a tour of the office and a brief run down of the average appointment and what my responsibilities and benefits would be if I were to be hired. He said to expect a call sometime on Tuesday with news either way.
Tuesday came and went. No call.
I got the call on Tuesday. He "really liked me, but unfortunately," Dr. Diliberto had hired someone else. He asked if he could keep my resume in the "active" folder in case he lost another employee to the recession. He expects there might be another opening within the next few months. Apparently one of his current employees is considering leaving the state for financial reasons.
I'm pissed. I thought I had this one in the bag. If I didn't, I thought Christina did. But no, neither of us got the job. I lost a lot of my job hunt drive because that was just so, so disappointing. It's been two weeks and I haven't gotten back into the groove yet. Some please tell me that one of these opportunities will work out in my favor? Just one??
I had an interview on Thursday the 29th for a position as a receptionist/secretary at a nearby doctor's office. I got there about ten minutes early and found out, hey there are about eight other people waiting for an interview with this guy. This will be fun. And of course, being a doctor, he is running late. I finally get called back 2nd to last. While waiting, we had formed a sort of cheerleading team -- chorused "good luck" whenever someone ahead of us went in and "bye!" when someone left. By the time it was my turn, there was one girl remaining. I felt bad because there was no one left to be her cheerleader, so I promised I would wait for her, then I went into my interview.
Dr. Diliberto was a nice guy. He greeted me with a smile, a handshake, and a completely exasperated statement: "Would you believe I got over 500 responses??" He told me he was looking to quickly weed out a bunch of candidates to get a reasonable number for further interviews. He was mainly looking for someone with a good personality "who could handle the difficult calls" -- he was willing to train an inexperienced candidate as long as a she met the personality requirement. We spoke a bit more and he ended up saying that he really liked me even though I was overqualified ("not that that's a bad thing") and put four stars at the top of my resume. He walked me back out, and I re-entered the waiting room where Christina, the last remaining candidate, was still waiting. I chatted with her a bit, and said I'd wait for her to get out. Five minutes later, she was back. We compared notes on our way out to our cars, and she said that the doctor had said he liked both of us a lot. On Friday afternoon, I received a call from the office. I had a second interview.
On Monday the 2nd, I went in for my second interview with Dr. Diliberto. He gave me a tour of the office and a brief run down of the average appointment and what my responsibilities and benefits would be if I were to be hired. He said to expect a call sometime on Tuesday with news either way.
Tuesday came and went. No call.
I got the call on Tuesday. He "really liked me, but unfortunately," Dr. Diliberto had hired someone else. He asked if he could keep my resume in the "active" folder in case he lost another employee to the recession. He expects there might be another opening within the next few months. Apparently one of his current employees is considering leaving the state for financial reasons.
I'm pissed. I thought I had this one in the bag. If I didn't, I thought Christina did. But no, neither of us got the job. I lost a lot of my job hunt drive because that was just so, so disappointing. It's been two weeks and I haven't gotten back into the groove yet. Some please tell me that one of these opportunities will work out in my favor? Just one??