I applied to a job and then I thought they weren’t interested and forgot about them because I didn’t hear back for a month but then out of the blue this lady wanted to interview me. We set up a time and then she cancelled because she was sick, set up another time, cancelled because she was still sick and then she picked a day to interview me without asking if it was going to work. I decided to accommodate her asked to do a phone interview rather than a video chat so that I could do it during my lunch break.
Before the interview she emailed me a list of questions she was going to ask and then wrote out the STAR method of answering questions. I thought that was a bit unusual but I took a look at the questions to loosely get an idea of what I was gonna say and then answered as genuinely as I could during the interview. I didn’t follow the specific “STAR” format but I just answered as best as I could as I was outside the break area at my job and I didn’t have time to prepare. I got an email back saying I wasn’t selected for the second round of interviews and I was a bit surprised because I am super qualified, have a ton of experience for this position, and thought I answered the questions pretty well. I don’t feel like I’m entitled to the job or anything I was just curious. I asked her for feedback and she said I wasn’t hired because I didn’t follow the STAR answer method. I am FUMINGGGGGGGG.
I want to email something back that is essentially saying something like “well after a week of rescheduling and having to do my interview in the middle of my work day I was doing the best I could and didn’t know that it was a rule to follow a script so ya seems like you’re right we aren’t a good fit” but obviously veiled in corporate speak and politeness. What should I say.