After about 5 rounds of interviews I got an offer for my dream job at my dream company.
The dream quickly turned into a nightmare when I started interacting with my new boss.
It started with her being a sticler with schedule, breaks, lunchtime, and basically wanted me available 24/7.
It then moved to wanting me to prove my skills and scrutinizing everything on my resume AFTER hiring me. There were some skills on my resume that I wasn't an expert on, sort of how you would put Excel on your resume because you know how to use it but you're not actually a master at macros vbas and pivot tables. Each day she would bring up something new and question my expertise on it. She finally concluded that I didn't have some of the skills listed on my resume and fired me after 2 weeks.
None of the skills in question were listed in the job description or actually required for the role. Each day I would wake up and feel incompetent at my job because I didn't know something this woman thought I should know, even though it was never brought up before, not during the application process and not during any of my interviews. I felt anxious to start work every day and was not sleeping well.
I became fed up of her questioning and scrutinizing and finally told her that if she didn't think I was qualified we could have that conversation and talk about me transitioning out and leaving. The last thing I wanted was to feel useless or waste someone's time. She said it was ok and that we could find other areas where I could add value. She pointed me to some classes and certifications that I could start taking on company time and on my own to bring me up to speed on some of those skills she wanted me to have (that were not in the job description).
I immediately got started on that and signed up for some certification programs in addition to doing my day to day job.
A few days later and without any notice or indication from her I got a call from HR saying I was being fired because I wasn't qualified for my role. I'm devastated not only because I was fired but because of how she treated me for those two weeks and how long I put up with it. My confidence is on the floor and I feel paralyzed to look for a new job out of fear of this happening again.
Being fired sucks but at least it feels good to know I don't have to deal with her BS anymore and that gives me some relief.