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[wonderseal]

So I had a job interview today. It would've been an okay job, but really production heavy and not creative at all.

So I guess it's fair that after I showed him my portfolio (that he was blown away by) he said, and I quote: "...This is really awkward. The guy who was here right before you just came off a production job so he's more of what we need right now. But you present yourself great and the interview was good! You'll have no trouble finding a job."

...Except for that reason you turned me down for, huh.

OH WELL. THERE WILL BE A BRIGHT TOMORROW. And I may hobnob with designers tonight. Depends on how I feel.

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[batman]

I don't know. I've done a lot of interviews and they're really under no obligation whatsoever to be nice to you and say "you're fantastic at presenting yourself and your portfolio is outstanding, and you're not going to struggle finding a job". Normally it's just "I'm sorry, someone else just had better skills than you" or, my personal favourite for a job, "you would intimidate our clients so we went with a boy".

So take the compliment! He genuinely liked your work! A professional person said, completely unnecessarily, that he thought you were a good candidate, just that they had someone marginally better. It's not just something he said because he just wants to soften the blow. He genuinely thinks that.

So be positive about it!

[wonderseal]

I was incredibly gracious about it and I'm not really that torn up, just disappointed. I really feel like I'd be an amazing candidate for someone! I just can't get any interviews. But it was a good interviewing experience and he was very pleasant!

[batman]

Hahah man you don't even have to feel that. You know it now. Someone else said it, completely unsolicited. FEEL AWESOME.

[wonderseal]