Interview fail

[gingerjedi]

.....we have other candidates in process that were a closer fit for the role from a technical, team and cultural perspective.

Feck me, on how many levels did I not fit??

At least I got a response which is a first.

[original PM]

they just mean cheaper -- you knows it!

[MarillionFan]

Feck me, on how many levels did I not fit??

At least I got a response which is a first.

Beaten by a better candidate.

[bobspud]

Feck me, on how many levels did I not fit??

At least I got a response which is a first.

Don't worry I just busted out of a 5 year role in Bristol on a sky high rate or at least I think I have based on my interview standard, I have not heard back yet Sometimes it just happens.

[gingerjedi]

It was my 1st interview in 2 years so I'm treating it as practice.

I only knew I had one on the Friday and it was scheduled first thing Monday, I had a heavy drinking sesh in between so probably didn't show myself in the best of light.

Stooopid gig anyway.

[CheeseSlice]

.....we have other candidates in process that were a closer fit for the role from a technical, team and cultural perspective.

WTF?? are they allowed to give that as a reason?

Either way 'culture' can mean so many different things so I've googled a list of possible meanings for you to figure out where you may have fallen short of their selection criteria. Perhaps you demonstrated too much or not enough of the following:

Examples of such "human cultural" traits include:

1. communicating with a verbal language consisting of a limited set of sounds and grammatical rules for constructing sentences

2. using age and gender to classify people (e.g., teenager, senior citizen, woman, man)

3. classifying people based on marriage and descent relationships and having kinship terms to refer to them (e.g., wife, mother, uncle, cousin)

4. raised in some sort of family setting

5. having a sexual division of labor (e.g., men's work versus women's work)

6. having a concept of privacy

7. having rules to regulate sexual behavior

8. distinguishing between good and bad behavior

9. having some sort of body ornamentation

10. making jokes and playing games

11. having art

12. having some sort of leadership role for the implementation of community decisions

[vetran]

WTF?? are they allowed to give that as a reason?

If you aren't white middle class or they weren't I'd get yourself a lawyer. That's suing talk!

[CheeseSlice]

If you aren't white middle class or they weren't I'd get yourself a lawyer. That's suing talk!

Back when I was in my mid twenties I applied for a perm lead consultant role which admittedly was a far reach at the time. When I sent my CV over and the agent saw my DOB he laughed at me and said he was after an older silver haired candidate. Absolute moron. I regret not taking that further, it probably would have been worth something in court or at least cost the fool his job.

[SueEllen]

Back when I was in my mid twenties I applied for a perm lead consultant role which admittedly was a far reach at the time. When I sent my CV over and the agent saw my DOB he laughed at me and said he was after an older silver haired candidate. Absolute moron. I regret not taking that further, it probably would have been worth something in court or at least cost the fool his job.

Ageism laws are new so weren't around when you were in your 20s.

[Chunk]

The cheese man! The cheese! You forgot the cheese!