Originally Posted by
Nvrgofullretard
If you make it to the interview, it is definitely yours to lose.
I actually disagree. The team makes the wrong call on some great candidates at times. Sometimes it’s HR, sometimes it’s a pilot interviewer and sometimes it’s the shrink. Many of those folks come back in 12 months and get hired without changing anything about themselves and just mesh better with a different interview panel.
There’s a convincing argument to be made that most people overestimate their ability to evaluate others accurately…and having made up their mind about someone in the first 60” of interaction they then spend the next 45 minutes simply justifying their initial position. Ana Montes didn’t have a successful career as a Cuban spy because humans are good at evaluating others in a 45 minute interview.
Do the best you can, and don’t take it personally if this particular job doesn’t work out. There’s a very good chance they just got it wrong. Personally, I think the world could probably use a few more green suits ;-).