I had my phone interview. ...

[kelleah]

Have you ever had to interview for a position with a person 5 years younger than you?

And you feel annoyed & confused by the end?

Comments

[madeline]

Haven't yet been in that situation, but in my field I wouldn't be surprised if it happened.

Hope it works out well for you!

[kaydee23]

You aren't 30 yet, are you? That would be annoying. Now that I'm 47, I'm not surprised to find people younger than me who are in administration. Education is a different animal. If I were a writer, I wouldn't want to listen to someone younger than me telling me how to write.

[kelleah]

Actually, I'm 32. I'm not surprised if I interview for a retail or no-collar position and the manager is younger than me. But this was for an editorial spot at a pharmaceutical company, and the guy interviewing me was the Project Mgr. who only just graduated in 2004.

It's yet another sign that my life is being wasted doing crap I don't want to do for people who insist their pathetic existence is better than my pathetic existence.

[kaydee23]

I don't think you're pathetic. This is a rough job market right now. Hopefully things will start looking up. I didn't know you were 32. Time really flies, doesn't it?

[kelleah]

LOL!! I'm old. My bones are brittle and everything. :-P

I don't think my existence is pathetic because I can't find a FT job in this market. I think it borders on pathetic because I'm being stonewalled at every turn for jobs that I don't even WANT and I'm interviewing with managers who want me to beg for a position to be treated like crap.

But it's difficult to change careers when you're not sure what it is you want to do. And I can't stay in limbo forever. I have bills and the longer I idle, the more depressed I'll get.