Wednesday
Them: “Hi, Derek, we would like to do a phone interview with you tomorrow”
Me: “That sounds good. Is 11:00 good with you?”
Them: “Great, I look forward to talking with you.”
Wednesday evening/Thursday morning
I look up my contact and other employees on LinkedIn; the company’s profile on Glassdoor, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, and their own website; I see the types of jobs they offer and make a note at how long they have been listed. Everything looks pretty good to me.
I rarely get nervous anymore, but I find myself awake at 3:30am thinking about the possibilities and trying to not think about the possibilities
Thursday
The phone interview goes well and afterwards I feel confident about my chances.
I share with my close personal friend Mike that I have a good feeling about this place/opportunity and “I have hope, but the last few times I had hope, I was disappointed.”
Friday afternoon
Them: “Hi Derek, we feel like you have a great background, but it has been a while since you have been a Systems Administrator and we’re looking for someone who’s a bit more up to date in the field.”
I don’t really respond. I see that Gmail has a few canned responses for me, so I just click the one closest to the mouse cursor: “Thank you for the update.”
Sunday morning
Me, while going over my Job Search journal: “What was the name of that company from last week again?”