Originally Posted by
mmaviator
during my internship, i talked to a 50ish year old guy who said it was difficult for him to get hired where i was doing my internship. he came from nothing but corporate flying and said that the h.r didn't like that. he got hired none the less.
While I'm "only" 40ish, I found it hard to get
interviews with regionals (forget about anyone bigger) with 10 years corp and 135 experience. At one interview with one of the "better" regionals, the CA at the interview said, "Why the hell are you here?" I left the interview wondering why I thought I wanted to work for them.