And I mean perfectly qualified, almost as if I was put on this earth exactly for this position. That’s how good of a match it was.
Technical Editor position with Google, asking for 3 years of experience and a bachelors degree. I bring 3.5 years of experience and a masters to the table, with amazing references, perfect internal and external reviews, a 3.9 GPA, and a personal voucher from a tech editor AND a senior web dev at Microsoft. Not too overly qualified for the job scope, but also not a babe fresh out of undergrad stumbling in the woods. The perfect medium-ground employee that will offer the max amount of benefit while draining the least amount of costs.
Or at least I thought so. Auto-rejected not even a week after applying, no ifs ands or buts about it. Everybody hyped me up about this position—my references, my personal vouchers, even my coworkers. It was supposed to be a sure thing, the next easy step up in my career. I’m only 25 and I feel like I’m in a really good place with my career/skills/experience, but now I don’t know. I mean I got auto-rejected for a job I was perfect for with practically the whole world behind me, so maybe I’m not doing as good as I thought.
Anyways, nothing else to do other than move on and keep applying. This won’t make or break things, but god damn is it a kick in the pants.