Bandwagonesque
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The postman just dropped off a rejection letter from an employer (government office) where I had an interview with two months ago. I felt I did really good about my interview, but I reckon my interviewers did not feel the same way. I was not given any ranking of my position with regards to other candidates, so I have no idea if I was even considered further post-interview.
I'll be graduating this spring with my MA in Economics. My job and academic history is quite good... not Wall Street/U of Chicago good... far far from that, but I'd say better than 90% of the other students in my class. Some might think I'm selling myself short going for a government job at a young age. I'm honestly not cut out for private sector work. I enjoy my free time, and this office where I applied to is one of the few employers who do work I'm actually interested in (after all these years of school and work, I find economics to be extremely boring now and unnecessarily complex).
Anyhoo... while I really wanted this position, I'm not in a situation where I need to find work immediately post graduation. Would it be possible for me to reapply for next years graduate recruitment campaign, and get another interview? Or is it likely that I'm somewhat "blacklisted" - they'll pull up my old interview file and see that I was refused once, so no use in interviewing me again?
I'll be graduating this spring with my MA in Economics. My job and academic history is quite good... not Wall Street/U of Chicago good... far far from that, but I'd say better than 90% of the other students in my class. Some might think I'm selling myself short going for a government job at a young age. I'm honestly not cut out for private sector work. I enjoy my free time, and this office where I applied to is one of the few employers who do work I'm actually interested in (after all these years of school and work, I find economics to be extremely boring now and unnecessarily complex).
Anyhoo... while I really wanted this position, I'm not in a situation where I need to find work immediately post graduation. Would it be possible for me to reapply for next years graduate recruitment campaign, and get another interview? Or is it likely that I'm somewhat "blacklisted" - they'll pull up my old interview file and see that I was refused once, so no use in interviewing me again?