I was offered an interview for a good paying job 2 weeks ago. I did everything right, had all the credentials, and got compliments from the people that interviewed me. I was told by one of the interviewers that I would be hearing from them as I was leaving.

The recruiter called me several times after the interview with all positive vibes. He said they were very impressed with my resume and my professionalism. He called me two more times to say it looked good. He called yesterday morning to say he was having lunch with the CIO and he would get back to me right afterwards.

Instead he left me hanging all day and night.  He called today and chose voice mail instead of letting my phone ring so he could leave me a message telling me they went in another direction.

I was told they were interviewing for a Field Tech / Desktop support. The message I was left said they went in another direction and hired a Senior Network Engineer.

I played phone tag for a bit then he called me back and says he thinks someone came in with Engineering qualifications and they hired him.

This is the second time someone in Engineering beat me out for a Desktop support job.

These are desperate times when 90k guys are going for 50k jobs.  I am still in shock. Needed to vent. I don’t want to tell my daughter when she comes home from school that I failed again.

That job has nothing to do with what I thought I was interviewing for. The ad was in Craig’s List. That should have been my first clue. I am thinking the job was never the one I thought it was and this fucker played me for some reason.

I needed the get this off my chest.  I have never been out of work and no health insurance to boot.

I am a single parent and times are tough enough here as it is.

Sorry I shared so much. I needed to.  🙁