Failed interview to a bad interviewer.... I'm so upset..

melancholic wrote: ↑I recently had an interview, thought that I was prepared...even had a formal mock-interview the day before.
The story is this.
I interviewed for a managerial position at a bank.
When I went to the interview room, I gave a light handshake, and sat down, we went through availability first and then resume. So I walked through my resume, describing the roles etc. etc. and this interviewer kept on asking me about why I left the job and she seemed bit surprised that I had two jobs (well, it's during the summer) and although I had all my work history in chronological order, the interviewer (don't wan to reveal too much about this person) seemed quite lost. She was now getting but frustrated and confused at the same time. So I corrected her and her reaction was like, 'oh my gawd'. So I had to correct her again. By that time I was sure that this interview isn't gonna go well.
I started to get REALLY nervous.
Now the next step was some behavioural questions.
Her eyes were literally glued to the screen and she was busy typing in the answers I was barely able to make an eye contact.
Even for the questions she was literally reading off her screen as she was typing.
At times she got confused of my answer and trying to get me correct it and overall she sounded as if she was pissed off.
Throughout the rest of the interview, she seemed like, 'ok you are gonna fail this interview. Just answer this ***** and get out of my office.'
So at the end of the interview she was like, 'you are gonna get a call in 3-4 days if you haven't received a response in a week call me' which I knew was that I didn't get in.
After that she just rushed me out of her office.
I was just surprised and disappointed at how she does her work. Dunno how she made it into her position.
Her reaction to me made me so nervous so I was basically murmuring at some point.
I wanted the position really badly and I prepared it and she ruined it like that.....
So I went home and I cried because I need a job and I really wanted it....
What a bad interviewer........


I had this unlucky feeling when I was setting a time with her but she was so just bad...she wasn't respecting me at all and I didn't to anything for her to get upset. All I did was I just met her for an interview...
I think interview does really depend on what kinda of person you meet....and I guess that means luck.

Sighhhhhh...

nyik wrote: ↑So if you had gotten the job, and she got frustrated with you on the job, you would go home and cry? Or you would get nervous and mumble? Doesn't speak too much about confidence in yourself. Same goes for your light handshake - do a solid firm one. Firm handshake, solid eye contact, a nice smile, and a confident "Hi _____, it's nice to meet you."

Being able to convey your thoughts and having the other party understand what you are saying is a key part of any job. Getting all nervous about it does not help. If the manager did not understand your resume properly, and you couldn't restate it in person such that she could understand it is not the fault of the manager, but of the presenter. Since this is a bank position, and time is of the essence, it seemed like the manager did not have the patience for your explanations.

Sorry OP, but just because you really wanted the job, doesn't mean you would get it. A large part of the interview depends on whether the candidate "gels" with the manager, and in turn the culture of the organization. The interview is not a true "test" in the sense that you get a test in school, in that even if you gave all appropriate answers, you may not receive a score of 10/10. Don't blame the interviewer.

Another thing - grow a pair. Going home and crying over this is not going to help you in your job search. This is how the hiring process works, you're going to get a lot of rejections. Learn from this experience so that you don't repeat the same mistakes in your next one.

Abel4Life wrote: ↑I agree with most of your post but not sure if you added that there are clearly bad managers out there and many that are not qualified at all for their role.

nyik wrote: ↑I agree 100%.

But since the interaction between a candidate and the prospective manager is so small, it doesn't really make sense that the candidate can walk away from the interview and claim that the manager was clearly in the wrong. You can't really judge that solely based on a 1 hr dialog.

As Ascott pointed out, treat the interview result as nobody's fault - it is what it is. Deal with it and move on.

melancholic wrote: ↑I recently had an interview, thought that I was prepared...even had a formal mock-interview the day before.
The story is this.
I interviewed for a managerial position at a bank.
When I went to the interview room, I gave a light handshake, and sat down, we went through availability first and then resume. So I walked through my resume, describing the roles etc. etc. and this interviewer kept on asking me about why I left the job and she seemed bit surprised that I had two jobs (well, it's during the summer) and although I had all my work history in chronological order, the interviewer (don't wan to reveal too much about this person) seemed quite lost. She was now getting but frustrated and confused at the same time. So I corrected her and her reaction was like, 'oh my gawd'. So I had to correct her again. By that time I was sure that this interview isn't gonna go well.
I started to get REALLY nervous.
Now the next step was some behavioural questions.
Her eyes were literally glued to the screen and she was busy typing in the answers I was barely able to make an eye contact.
Even for the questions she was literally reading off her screen as she was typing.
At times she got confused of my answer and trying to get me correct it and overall she sounded as if she was pissed off.
Throughout the rest of the interview, she seemed like, 'ok you are gonna fail this interview. Just answer this and get out of my office.'
So at the end of the interview she was like, 'you are gonna get a call in 3-4 days if you haven't received a response in a week call me' which I knew was that I didn't get in.
After that she just rushed me out of her office.
I was just surprised and disappointed at how she does her work.
Her reaction to me made me so nervous so I was basically murmuring at some point.

I had this unlucky feeling when I was setting a time with her but she was so just bad...she wasn't respecting me at all and I didn't to anything for her to get upset. All I did was I just met her for an interview...
I think interview does really depend on what kinda of person you meet....and I guess that means luck.

Sighhhhhh...

melancholic wrote: ↑ I think interview does really depend on what kinda of person you meet....and I guess that means luck.

melancholic wrote: ↑I recently had an interview, thought that I was prepared...even had a formal mock-interview the day before.
The story is this.
I interviewed for a managerial position at a bank.
When I went to the interview room, I gave a light handshake, and sat down, we went through availability first and then resume. So I walked through my resume, describing the roles etc. etc. and this interviewer kept on asking me about why I left the job and she seemed bit surprised that I had two jobs (well, it's during the summer) and although I had all my work history in chronological order, the interviewer (don't wan to reveal too much about this person) seemed quite lost. She was now getting but frustrated and confused at the same time. So I corrected her and her reaction was like, 'oh my gawd'. So I had to correct her again. By that time I was sure that this interview isn't gonna go well.
I started to get REALLY nervous.
Now the next step was some behavioural questions.
Her eyes were literally glued to the screen and she was busy typing in the answers I was barely able to make an eye contact.
Even for the questions she was literally reading off her screen as she was typing.
At times she got confused of my answer and trying to get me correct it and overall she sounded as if she was pissed off.
Throughout the rest of the interview, she seemed like, 'ok you are gonna fail this interview. Just answer this and get out of my office.'
So at the end of the interview she was like, 'you are gonna get a call in 3-4 days if you haven't received a response in a week call me' which I knew was that I didn't get in.
After that she just rushed me out of her office.
I was just surprised and disappointed at how she does her work.
Her reaction to me made me so nervous so I was basically murmuring at some point.

I had this unlucky feeling when I was setting a time with her but she was so just bad...she wasn't respecting me at all and I didn't to anything for her to get upset. All I did was I just met her for an interview...
I think interview does really depend on what kinda of person you meet....and I guess that means luck.

Sighhhhhh...

BananaHunter wrote: ↑ I've had interviewers who deliberately put up an act to see how you react.