Have you ever thought you had a really good job interview to only end up never hearing from the employers ever again?
It happens time and time again to me. It is a cycle of hope and disappointment. Leading up to and after the interview, I get so hopeful and let myself imagine what it would be like to have that job. I imagine my life when I have this job.
I prepare as well as I know how to for the interview. I answer all of the questions I can possibly think of that they would ask me. I search others up on the internet. I research tips for that type of interview, like how in a Skype interview you should have a bare background behind you so as not to distract the interviewer. I practice giving my handshake and keeping eye contact for in person interviews. I make myself smile while talking on the phone, even though they can't see me, just for the change in tone it gives. I come up with questions to ask the interviewer, with the aid of trusty old google. And of course, I research the company and the company atmosphere all over the interview and through any other sources I can find.
I do all of this, and then I go into the interview. I feel calm with just an edge of nervousness that never seems to go away. I feel as if I am answering the questions pretty well, as best as I can. I come out feeling pretty good, satisfied even. I feel like I showed them the best of me, and I learned more about the job and if I want it. They even told me they would call me up either way and let me know, at the end of next week.
Time keeps on flying by. I monitor my e-mail, keep my phone close by, but there are no e-mails or phone calls. I start to second guess my answers, maybe that answer actually showed a negative light. The given date comes and goes, and still I haven't heard anything. I still hold out some hope though. They could have gotten busy. There may have been a lot of people to interview. My doubtful feelings come back, and I run a magnifying glass over every memory I have from my interview. I think, I will hear in the next couple of days.
Sometimes, I do, but it is the times when I never hear back that I wonder "what happened?" They didn't even call me or tell me like they told me they would. What went wrong? I obviously didn't get the job. But, maybe they haven't made a decision yet, maybe I will still get a call. The anticipation is there when I check my e-mail, when I see a missed call on my phone or the phone rings. The word never comes, but I still hope...
Then I think, should I phone them and just ask what happened to the interview process. My search on the internet says it is okay to contact the employer after the interview if they said they were going to, but don't.
The pit in my stomach gets bigger when I think of phoning them after all of these days of waiting by my computer and phone. Why phone them? It is just like when after your first date, he says he'll call you, but he never does. You text him and call him only for him to say, "I'm busy that day" or "I'm seeing someone else". But just like that first date story, I think about what would happen if I just called.
And eventually, either way, I move on and continue down the tunnel of job applications and interviews again.
* Picture from: http://media.thedailytouch.com/2013/10/waiting-for-the-phone-to-ring.jpg
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