Frustrations with Lateraling?

Has anyone else found it frustrating trying to lateral into a career/field you were at previously in your career? I started in the alternative research (specifically hedge fund manager research) for a year and then went into equity research. Spent ~2 years and recently joined a startup on their finance and corp strategy team. The experience is fine, but I realized I want to go back to the alternative investment landscape and have been recruiting for the past 8ish months and I can't progress past the last round (have been told I'm either over qualified or under which makes no sense with my 4 YOE). 

Is this just the regular frustrations professionals face throughout their career? Or is this a isolated experience that I need to address personally?

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