Today, I submitted my 208th job application in less than a year, and went to my 83rd and 84th interviews, only to be told once again that I'm over-qualified for the first, and under-qualified for the second. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I have put in many job applications and had many interviews for a variety of positions all of which I am highly qualified for. Today, I heard back from all but one that I am overqualified. Welcome to Walmart. FML
Today, I've applied to 300 jobs in the past 4 months, gotten 7 interview, 2 of which have gone to a third round and I'm still unemployed. FML
Today, I'm at the unique point in my schooling that I'm either extremely overqualified or extremely underqualified for every job opportunity that appeals to me. FML
Today, I received a series of rejection letters from jobs, one after the other. Last night, I stayed up into the wee morning hours to apply to campus jobs I'm not qualified for, because I was classified as a part-time student due to an administrative error. FML
Today, I have applied to over 50 different jobs in the last month. I have NOT received a call or email back from any of them. FML
Today, I eagerly applied for a high-salary, fully supportive graduate program that I qualified for. There were 5 steps in the application process. I was turned down after the first one. FML
Today, I went on my 56th job interview since graduating from college 3 months ago. I am 31 years old and I spent 11 years in college. I only graduated with a Bachelor's Degree after all those years, but I am still not qualified for anything due to how long it took me to complete my degree. FML
Today, my application for a holiday role at a department store was declined because I was "not as qualified as some other candidates." I worked this exact same job at this exact same store last year. FML
Today, I discovered out of the 20 job applications only one job called me for an interview. They told me to leave after two sentences. FML
Today, while waiting for an interview at the career that I've been spending months tailoring my résumé for, I was thrown up on by my only competitor. Guess who got the job. FML
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ihasbrains 10
Good luck with your next one, OP.
Llamassss 21
Well, that's what happens when you apply to McDonalds and Harvard.
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Comments (125)
hateevryone 15
it's tough i know. but keep trying
blink831forever 13
I wish you lots of luck OP, I hope you find the right job for you really soon.
Larion1 13
freaking inconsistency, you either too good or too bad, hope you will find work that matches you
arvale8802 1
Wow. I dnt even know you but I am super proud of your efforts.
malvoliosf 1
Well, everyone else is being nice to you, so I'm going to try to be helpful instead. 84 interviews is a lot so there may be a reason. Over- and under-qualified are legitimate reasons but they sometimes also an easy out for an interviewer who neither wants to hire you nor explain why not. There probably is (at least) one real reason. A possibility is, you come across as compulsive. You actually count your résumés? If some one in an interview told me he had sent out exactly X résumés (and X was larger than 2 or 3), I'd start getting this little premonitory migraine right between my eyebrows: this guy is going to be a HUGE pain in the ass. Try not to come across as Rain Man. Another possibility is, you come across as desperate. In fact, after 85 interviews, it would be a miracle if you didn't sound just a little desperate, but you need to keep that shit under control. Nobody wants everyone else's rejects. Try to make yourself sound selective. "So, you've been looking for three months?" "Oh, yes. I don't want tell you how many interviews I've been on [chuckle], and I'm trying not be be PICKY of course, but I take my job very seriously and I want to get a position that I can really DEVOTE myself to." "You gotten offers?" "A few, but nothing really GELLED, you know?" Get someone who can give you feedback to interview you, on a practice basis. Have whoever it is give a no-holds-barred honest evaluation, ideally in writing. Good luck.
hastobeajoke 5
I've actually had a few friends do mock interviews with me and I have followed up with employers to ask if there was a certain part of my interview that I needed to work on. I've come across a lot of people that said that they decided to hire internally (mostly colleges and universities) and a lot of "We really liked you, but we ended up going with someone that had x years of experience." The worst follow-up call I had was when I got, "We really liked you and it came down to you and one other person. Hopefully this won't discourage you from applying for positions in the future." This had been my third time interviewing for the company (all in different departments) and the second time I was in the top two.
shannyraelynn 6
I'm sorry to read that, thats a bummer man, hope everything gets better for you :(
charlieinfinite 1
Same exact story here! I am starting to feel like I've been speaking in tongues or there is some monstrous growth on my face, an I am the only person unaware of this. How can it be possible for us to apply to SO many jobs and find nothing, while even the trashiest people I've met seem to be happily employed?
missmae21 0
Most places now days are looking for alot of experience in what field ur applying in. It comes down to even if the person who applied after you had just 1 day more experience they will pick the other person. It truley isnt fair because their looking for someone with experience when they could train you, you would get the bonus experience and in the long run you would probably be a more loyal employee. And their profits could porentially boom if they would just train ppl. Hopefully we can get some relief someday wen we get someone in the office who thinks about the peoples well being. Lets cut their pay n some of their employees n maybe theyll be living like the rest of us that are unable to find a job n having to deal with unemployment. Take away their mansions n have em live in a ghetto 1 bedroom apartment . Its depressing and because of the job situation there have been more suicides. I have seen some very successful and honest and loyal people lose everything.
TKello 6
At least you're getting interviews. I've been putting out applications after applications I get nothing back. Or if I do get an interview, I receive no call backs to tell me I didn't get it. It's a wreck right now. But I'm sorry your struggles, and honestly, if you've been to that many interviews, you should hope one of them would hire you, otherwise, it seems hopeless for the thousands of us.
Jonjon10 0
Move to Alaska, we got jobs
beautyful_mess 0
How can u be over-qualified -.-