Job 9: When you get talked out of taking the job by the people hiring you

Job 9: When you get talked out of taking the job by the people hiring you

The job:
Having been adjusting to life back home for several weeks, the tedium of having everyone asking me how the job search was going anytime they had an opportunity had contributed to a mindset within my furrowed brow that any job is a good job, considering the economy. Deep down, I never believed a word of this drivel, yet when company E&Y came calling for a Project Coordinator position, it seemed as though it was the type of job that all of the good do askers would expect I should snaffle up, given the opportunity to... for Company E&Y is a great company... bollocks to the fact that I was never sold on the role. Whereas I wanted to be working on transactions, the role was advertised as Business Development in a big 4 consultancy, with client facing skills required (and not included in the description, glorified book taking).

The process: Screening -> Phone Interview -> Direct Interview -> Offer

The Short:
I printed off some competitor metrics and read the E&Y Global Report on the train on the way to the interview. Everything perhaps went too well... after a riveting hour of me trying to sell my passion for the role, the Partner interviewing me had come to the conclusion that I would do a brilliant job yet be bored with the role within 5 minutes and a high risk of jumping ship (division). He made it clear that it would be impossible to move to transactions from business development (whether true or not I have no idea). If ever I was trying to appease everybody by landing that middle of the road job: Epic Fail.

The Skinny:
HR came back to me asking if I would be open for a Manager position, and had decided that an Account Coordinator position was not what I wanted. I thanked them for their honesty, and let this opportunity to serve these corporate egoists for somebody else.