Hey everyone. Looking for advice, support, commiseration.. I don't even know at this point. I recently received a rejection from a start up that I went through 5 rounds of interviews with. The 3rd round being a case study and role play presentation that took me hours to complete. I felt I did well on it and got great feedback during the call. After my 5th round, I was feeling fairly confident. I got the rejection a couple days ago.. I was really disappointed but I know many of us have experienced this.
What really has me frustrated: the recruiter called me yesterday and told me the entire team was pushing for me to be hired, but the VP, who I had only a 15 minute call with, raised a few flags and didn't want to move forward.
The flags: My linkedin didn't perfectly match my resume (I tailor for job apps). I've only been at my current job for 4 months which we talked about on our call. And he felt something I said in the interview didn't line up timeline wise on my resume (a misread on his part, because it was there).
Oh, and to add, I just saw the job is reposted.
I'm feeling hopeless. My current job is extremely below my experience and my pay-grade but I HAD to take something in the meantime because I'm struggling to pay my mortgage. I even explained it in the interviews as a great introduction to the type of work, as my current job is fairly aligned with the job I was interviewing for, but ultimately wanted more room for growth.
I feel really angry, knowing I was that close to finally getting out of this struggle. I'm also feeling a bit discriminated against due to the fact that I am a non-white woman and have read other reviews about this company being a "boys club". Thoughts? Suggestions?
I've been pretty good about not letting this job hunt get to me. But it feels really hard to let this one go.
If there's hiring mangers here, any advice on explaining why I am leaving my current role? To be clear, I've never stopped applying for jobs even after I got my current position. I just cannot continue to survive off that salary.
Thanks & sending good energy to everyone else going through this.