You Have Got to Be Kidding!

It is amazing what a few minutes can do to your mood.  I had two interviews for a job this week that I really would have liked. 

I thought everything went well, and was heartened by the second interview request I had today.  After reworking my schedule -- yes, I do have a schedule -- I dressed to impress and went to my second interview.  All seemed to go fairly well, but something was a bit tinny about this second interview, especially when I was told I was the last of the candidates to be interviewed.  Hmmm...was I an afterthought rather than a viable candidate?  The HR representative asked me to provide her an additional professional reference, and on my way home from the interview, I called to check in with my former SVP to gain clearance to use his name and contact information; he was glad to do so.

Within minutes of my providing the contact information, I received an email back from the principal interviewer to tell me that the position had been filled, blah, blah, blech!  You have got to be kidding me!  Color me disappointed, but more PO'd than that.  I was flexible and agreeable to rearranging my day to come back to meet, and this is the result?  Geez!

In any case, I do have two additional applications to the same organization...should be interesting.  And here I thought all my efforts these past 10 months would finally be rewarded.  I am so tired of this dance.