Lost out on being hired for being too polished/prepared
Just looking to vent really, got the feedback today that I didn’t get a senior executive role because I was too professional and too polished/prepared for their questions.
Really felt like I knocked the interviews out the park, had great examples of my real life experiences for each question in every round because I literally lived through that shit but end of the day was just too good?!
In hindsight one main standout moment for me is they added a meet and greet with the team to my interview block but it wasn’t that at all, was actually just the team asking questions about how I work in a toxic environment since each question was focused on conflict they experience with cross functional teams lol. Honestly felt more like career development for the employees because they seemed like they could barely handle public speaking tbh.
Probably for the best because I don’t want to change that about how I show up in a work environment but just sucks to lose out on a job for something I consider a positive in most corporate offices.