i ran away middle of interview
i got approached two days ago by HR of this elearning platform company and im a self taught developer looking for a job.
the job position was IT and mind you i haven’t really taught myself in IT and cloud base and what not.
i had an interview on teams with 9 other people who have been in the field for a really long time with credited diplomas and degrees and i felt so out of place
10 minutes left during my interview i pretended the internet cut off and acted like I got kicked out of the meeting.
im so upset with myself i broke down because i’ve been wanting a job in tech for so long i feel like a failure.
the interviewers were all so nice and calm with me except for one that kept pushing me and asking question after question and treating me like im stupid
like literally every answer id give she’d make a sneaky comment and then proceed to the next, the rest of the people there were telling me its okay and i’ll get training and i’ll learn but she kept going and going with hard questions
i ended up freaking out and running away and had a mental breakdown.
i felt bad for the rest of the people who were interviewing me and immediately wrote down an email saying i got disconnected.
i didnt want to disrespect anyone at all i just felt overwhelmed and way too anxious. (which makes sense because my internet connection was cutting me off during the interview)
TLDR; i had an online interview and the interviewer asked too many questions and made shady comments so i freaked out and left
Netizens’ comments
- Don’t worry there will be another chance for you. Just make sure to develop and improve yourself. Maybe reflect on the questions that they asked?
- I’m so sorry. Honestly that’s kind of overwhelming to have 9 people interviewing you! Every interview gives you experience so just take what you can from this and apply it to the next one. Good luck!
- Interviews work both ways. It’s not just them seeing if they like you. It’s also you seeing if you like them.
- As someone who would interview candidates, I’m really sorry they did this to you. I could never in a million years find it within myself to be condescending or rude to someone who would potentially work with me. And if it’s any consolation, I used to get all types of technical issues as we used zoom, and if anything it kind of freed up my time (was usually always behind as interviews can be unpredictable in time length), was always happy with rebooking and it never negatively impacted said candidates application and moving to the next steps.