Worst Job Possibility

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You get up early to shower, have breakfast and prepare for your interview. You think to yourself you are going to ace it and think positive the whole time. You even think of your happy place until you get to your appointment interview. You greet your interviewer. You are pleasant, relaxed and dominate the conversation where necessary to accentuate why you are the candidate for the job. You never lose eye contact with the person and lean forward towards them in interest. You come out of there thinking you have aced the interview and feel great. Two hours later, you receive a phone call from the recruiter. The interviewer has apparently chosen the four candidates for the position to be filled and you are not one of them. What a way to bomb out. I was told that I did great in the interview. I even declared myself to the recruiter that, yes, I was willing to fill the alternate schedule if the first one got filled. Out of four slots available and who knows how many possible people applying, I simply bombed out. I went in there feeling one way and came out feeling another. Not the best feeling in the world. However, a few hours later, I felt different and somehow that decline gave me new perspective and I don't negatively the denial. It was a great opportunity that I really wanted but, at least, I know that I did well in that interview and I can do it again to another perspective company that will say yes. To those of you out there who think the worst possibility will depress you and not try again, STOP. Don't think that way. Use it as a learning curve and to your advantage on how to improve the next one. The right company will say yes.