I guess I’m just looking for reassurance because I feel absolutely horrible. Since was denied a mainline interview I wanted to step up my game ever since. I did my makeup better, flat ironed my hair, booked interview rooms at the library with nice lighting and everything and got accepted for an interview with skywest and I honestly fell in love with the company.
Today for the F2F when I got to the library that I had booked for my interview, they told me they were overbooked because we just had a tornado in my area and everybody was off work and out of school so it was more crowded than usual and someone was using the room I had reserved.
I immediately tried to reschedule the interview manually but it wouldn’t let me so I started to draft an email to let the recruiter know why I had to reschedule at the last minute, I told the guy in the room I had an interview and I was booked before him and they overbooked the room but he wasn’t obligated to leave, but after 20 minutes he did, and the room became available so I sent the email reiterating what happened, and I signed on to the interview just in case someone was waiting to explain my situation. But by this time I was 15 minutes late. Luckily someone was there and I quickly explained and I asked her to advise me on what would be the best form of action I could take in this situation, she said she couldn’t advise me but if I rescheduled at this point there could be a chance I’m disqualified because it would be marked as an incomplete interview. So I went through with it and it went fine, better than my other interviews… I really sold my personality and thanked her for being so understanding and that this isn’t like me. But I’m still worried because unfortunately first impressions are first impressions.
I don’t know if it was better to just send the email and not show up, so I can reschedule, but I felt that was unprofessional and untimely because my interview time had already started. I wanted to be accountable and take the opportunity I had to show my face and be accountable and resilient in the face of adversity even if I was late and not be a no show at the last minute. Because I’m never late and I hate that this happened to me. I truly did not take into account the tornado was going to make the library crowded, because all my reservations were fine before.. so I’m just kicking myself.
All the interview or job offers I’ve gotten in the past were pretty immediate and I haven’t heard back from them today so I think I blew it.
I’m just so overwhelmed and disappointed because I tried so hard and something threw me way off and it wasn’t even my fault. I was just thinking quickly in the moment but what the recruiter said stuck with me, she said I was already logged in and might as well continue with it, which makes me think I would’ve been better off not showing up at the last minute and sending an email letting them know what happened so I could reschedule ? I thought I was doing an honest thing with integrity in the moment.
Am I cooked ?