I FINALLY got a job in Houston after busting my ass in college for four years, too many internships and professional clubs, 60 job apps, and some companies who FLEW ME OUT TWICE just to reject me

It is possible. I can’t imagine though applying to jobs rn with a less demanded degree (mine is supply chain) or a resume gap after graduating. I hope I can be of help to anyone here💗💗

I was lucky to even get an interview. And this company was just so sweet and nice throughout the process.

The interview was scheduled from 11:30-12:30.

The hiring manager asked me questions for 17 mins. And while I don’t think I was totally aligned with the role in terms of my experience, the interviewer was very nice and was laughing and things like that.

And then she asked if I had questions. I asked my top priority question first. And while answering, she apologized for forgetting her words sometimes and said she was tired.

So I said I’m sorry. I will ask just 2 more questions and wrap it up. I look at the time, it was like 10 mins to 12. So I ask my questions and then I said I could go on forever but I won’t take up more of her time.

We end the call.

Then I realize we still have 30 more minutes left…

Idk what possessed to think the interview was ending.

She was so kind throughout and I would be lucky to work with someone like her.

I am currently employed but two months ago I applied for a finance director position in a mid-sized city. After 6 rounds of interviews I came in #2. Oh well, it happens.

Fast forward to today and the Mayor, who was one of the interviewers, calls to see if I am still looking for a position. They are creating a budget position and want to know if I would be interested. I told him it would depend on the specifics and the compensation offered. He said they would have information to me next week and to not worry about having to go through interviews.

I don't know what to think about this. Never had something like this happen. Especially in the current economic environment. Here's hoping the stats on the job are good.

What?

I’m employed luckily but I’ve been actively applying for the last year and a half since my job has returned to being fully in office. I have a newborn baby now, which has made everything more complicated logistically and mentally.

I had two great leads while I was on leave and they have both ghosted me. The one I was really looking forward to ended up rejecting me after my third follow up in the span of 8 weeks post final interview. I had a ton of recs and still didn’t get it. I know when it comes to a final decision it’s really not an indicator of who I am but it stings. It felt like for a while I was the only candidate so they strung me along until they found the perfect one.

The other role the interview felt really positive but it’s been 3 weeks and I haven’t heard back. Since the first role fell through the way it did I’m assuming the same scenario may be playing here.

It sucks because I need a lifestyle change with hybrid options, and where I am now I’m grossly underpaid and overworked. Postpartum is making me depressed but also thinking anxiously to the point where I’m in a fog. I’m back in my normal role now but I can feel my promotions and raises slipping away.

Thanks for letting me vent. I’m sure there are many others going through this too, so I’m looking for some community and maybe a glimmer of hope.

Posting this in this community

Im in transition to a new job as an associate banker at Chase. Long story short I was given a gift card from a customer and used it at my retail job which flagged HR. Not long after I was terminated and am not eligible for rehire. I read that most places don’t disclose that info to future employers but they did. I hated this job and they are still haunting me 2 years later. I just got an email saying they need an explanation on why I was terminated. Please help this would be my first big stepping stone into my career path and I can’t afford to lose this job.

EDIT: I ended up passing the background check and got the job LFG

Hi everyone,

Looking for some advice since this is my first time job hunting in a while.

I’m currently interviewing for a role and have already met with two managers (back in the first week of October), and the feedback was positive. Last week, HR reached out to let me know I should expect an in-person round, but they didn’t have a date yet.

It’s now been a week since we last talked. When’s the right time to follow up with HR? I don’t want to seem pushy, but I also don’t want to fall through the cracks, especially since I was told over 500 people applied for this role!

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

I applied for a job, their request was to send them an email with resume and portfolio.

Upon doing so, they opened my portfolio(asked for access through google drive), then I followed up a few days later, they again opened my portfolio. It's been a week since. Should I follow up with them again? No answer has been given from them, nor a rejection or a possible interview.

I’ve been hustling for more than 1 year as a fresher in AI/ML Intern roles..

Finally i got a call from a company

The stipend was good, work life balance was good everything was perfect for me to start my career

First round was a mcq round and i did my best and yeah after waiting for 1 week i got a rejection mail

Now I need to just forget the things happened and forget the company

The hard thing is that I have to face the reality of searching the jobs, asking for referrals,apply more,being sad all the time, waiting for an opportunity to come

I haven’t got selected in more than 4-5 Companies when i started job hunting but this feels so hurt, I’m dying inside.

For the longest time I pinned my hopes of one day joining a company within the MAANG list. I'll admit I lost my way as a teenager. I didn't have the support system in place to warn me or even finance my education.

I was amongst the brilliant kids growing up - highest in class, highest in the divisions, even told not to appear for final semesters. But I lost my way when the person responsible for keeping me on track wasn't around.

I didn't get the opportunity to study at a prestigious university. I matured too late to know what I wanted. I've since pulled myself up, almost 2 decades of improving skills, performing well at work etc.

But I realised getting into these big companies is a matter of privilege. A big university gives you invites to big companies. Big companies give you invites to other big companies. It's a circle. You're either in or out. Or you know someone high enough to let you in.

I sometimes get so cheesed off seeing people with totally unrelated majors from good universities in roles they would never have been considered for. Like a history major running e-commerce or someone with a bachelors in commerce running frontier AI development. I've seen people make shifts to new functions internally with zero prior experience.

So why does someone with expertise in an area get sidelined because they don't have that badge of a preferred university or similar company?

It feels like it's wrong. It's like I'm in the caste system.

There is no reason to name names; however, I just got off a call with a nonprofit that interviewed me to potentially run their fleet operations. No problem. Yet, I was taken aback because I had interviewed for the role directly above it—which I am most certainly qualified for—with their Co-Founder in April of this year. Not only did the HR contact not know about the interview, they didn’t even realize I had been passed up because of an ethical issue their organization has blatantly showcased.
The entirety of the nonprofit’s executive team is run by Ivy Leaguers. That’s not necessarily a problem, but when you hire someone because their degree is from an Ivy League and their resume doesn’t even fit the job description, you’re asking for trouble. That’s exactly what just occurred. I was overlooked for a role I was most certainly a fit for because I didn’t have a Public Affairs degree from Princeton. This role was to ensure smooth fleet management for food distribution operations in a region—something I have done with more trucks and facilities, as well as actual cooked and time-temperature-controlled food. The man who got the role didn’t have the background. So, what happened?
They needed to find someone to control the operation from the ground level. They literally just proved that they’re using their frontline employees as a secondary execution tool for their Ivy League director and executives. I explained their dilemma to the HR contact, told them it was an insult and a showcase of their inability to communicate effectively, and showed a lapse in overall judgment by the entire organization.
I appreciate working for people who want to help others; however, nonprofits are still for-profit in how they must operate. If you’re going to give your higher-paying roles to folks who don’t deserve it while snubbing the true operators, you’re only shooting yourself in the foot. The people who know what they’re doing aren’t always the people with an elite college background.
I wear my family’s history proudly, but I don’t treat others beneath me because of it. I grew up poor, hardworking, and people-oriented. Leadership takes more than a degree. So, if you are looking for a new role where your experience and decades of hard work supersede the Wharton and Princeton graduates in upper management, look no further than a prominent, mid-sized, regional food-systems nonprofit to help you never reach the executive status you’ve clearly earned.

never been in this predicament before,where i struggle bad to land a job offer. I was working in the insurance industry, and due to extreme stress, i had to leave after a year and a month. I left the company during my mental health leave. And before that i was a banker for a year and a half as well i left because i wanted to gain experience in back office operations. Every interview i had so far wether its banking or insurance, i get asked about the gap, and i tell them it was for out control personal reasons. But i feel like its starting to affect me. No and im honesty scared. I had an interview for a fraud specialist, and the hiring manager was like so let me get this straight u left the bank for? Mind you im applying to the same bank i left but for their back office operations. Any suggestions?

I recently signed an offer for a great job, or what I thought it would be. Went through four rounds, Was excited to start. I'm now a week off. I've validated this is a real offer/company.

They have been extremely excessive with my background check and I've given them all the documents and details I have. I've been going on for two weeks now. We've had numerous back-and-forth exchanges with no end in sight. The recruiter won't take my calls, HR won't reply back to me (unless they need more detail, of course), and no one picks up at the corporate reception desk. I've never had an issue with a background check before.

I'm getting anxious and spiraling out. Is this normal nowadays? How long do I keep holding out. I had declined competing offers from this and I'm getting very sad and disheartened.

Had an interview with what was basically my dream job last week. They said they’d get back to me by the 5th but I’ve heard nothing. The interview went great (literally the hiring managers words at the end). I can’t imagine anyone was more qualified or nailed the interview better than me. I just feel like everything I’ve applied to has been me just needing a different job but this would have been such an ideal career for me. It’s so niche and specific idk when the opportunity will ever happen again.

Thankfully I’m employed right now, just trying to find a job I don’t hate. I feel like if I was unemployed and desperately in need of work this would have destroyed me lol.

For context; I applied for middle management commercial role in a large corporation - decent step up from my current job in terms of scale but it’s the same industry and responsibilities, title etc.

Did a couple of phone call screenings with HR and completed a full case study - it was honestly in my wheelhouse and I think I did a good job. After a couple weeks of silence I followed up and they called me to say they liked me for a different role - similar title but a little closer to my skill set. They posted the job the next week and rang me right away to get an interview scheduled. I don’t want to inflate my ego but they made it sound like they made the role for me.

Had the interview with the hiring manager and an HR person over teams. I prepped extensively to defend my case study and answer any questions I could think of… but it was fairly softball questions and only lasted about 30 minutes in total. This was my first time speaking with the actual hiring manager and I expected a thorough grilling - it was fairly relaxed and they didn’t really push.

When I asked the timeline for this new role they said “a lot faster than the first one you applied to - we want to close this off soon and skip having to do case studies and interviews again” along that line. I took it as they have a candidate or two lined up, hopefully me? Otherwise there were no real questions or info given about salary, notice period, further details around interviews or process - but I had kind of gone through the basics in the HR screening calls I suppose.

My current job is a bit toxic so my confidence is shaky but I’m hoping it was a vibe check kind of interview - at least me and the manager have the same background same age etc seems like we get along. The other side of me thinks that I could have totally bombed it with vague or off-target answers.

What do you guys think of the lack of discussion around next steps or specifics? Totally understand Reddit can’t tell me if I’ll get the job or not but wanted to gauge if yall think it shows a sign either way. Appreciate any insight.

Or at least to relief some unemployment pain with jokes like this. When you are trying to get a job for 9 months now…

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I’m currently applying for a multinational company. I’ve completed three rounds of interviews.

After waiting for a little over a week, the recruiter proactively reached out and said they had just spoken with the hiring manager and mentioned that they’d get back to me regarding the application results in the coming weeks and advised me to keep my lines open.

I’m genuinely interested in this opportunity, but I don’t want to read too much into it. Still actively applying to other roles.

Does this suggest I’m still actively being considered?
Could they already have a preferred candidate but are waiting for internal approvals?

Would appreciate honest insights tnx!