Failed at interview for the first time

[Zippy]

Rejection is hard to handle at first but you get used to it (trust me)

[Mich the Tester]

Rejection is hard to handle at first but you get used to it (trust me)

Face! Bovvered?

[Scary]

Oh dear that has happened to me. Turned up in a very expensive suit and everyone else was wearing (probably much more expensive) casual gear.
I looked like one of the receptionists.

You did the right thing, it's an interview so you go suited and booted regardless of internal policy once you get the job (exception - new media type places).

[Menelaus]

You did the right thing, it's an interview so you go suited and booted regardless of internal policy once you get the job (exception - new media type places...

... where the "face-flushed-newly-wasted" look is, I believe, de rigeur

[JoJoGabor]

It's wierd though; feeling disappointed about being turned down for a role that I'm not really sure I wanted.

Thing is, I've been in the position of interviewing people myself; I've always read the CV first, turned up on time prepared with some questions about somebody's skills and then given them a chance to tell me what they can do for a team; I tend to think if you don't prepare to interview somebody properly you don't deserve to get the right people.

Absolutely right - if you got that impression from the interview, you would hate working for them for any length of time - I've accepted a role after a bad interview, in fact I did that once when the interviewer stood me up on a phone interview - twice!! Then was 20 minutes late for the third time!! I got talked into going for it anyway by the agent and as expected, the "manager" was never there - an absolute nightmare I wish I had just walked away from after being stood up the first time.

[jimjamuk]

had to help with a telephone interview a couple months back for another contractor - led with the give us an overview of what youve been doing over the last couple of years and the stupid twunt waffled for 25 minutes non stop and got back to the early 1980's before team manager could get a word in. I spent the rest of the interview laughing with the mute button on

sorry if that was you out there..................

[Zippy]

had to help with a telephone interview a couple months back for another contractor - led with the give us an overview of what youve been doing over the last couple of years and the stupid twunt waffled for 25 minutes non stop and got back to the early 1980's before team manager could get a word in. I spent the rest of the interview laughing with the mute button on

sorry if that was you out there..................

Arrgghhh. You utter barsteward!