Extremely beaten up over job rejection
So I am ~2 years in to IB now, and I finally saw a path to a new role that instantly caught my eye. Really excited me, it was a unique role that was very aligned with my background and I clicked with my would be boss. Killed the first 3 rounds. Took a day off and went in to the offices in person and did the whole interview circuit, got a tour. Then they told me I am not moving forward in the process, largely I believe because of an HR interview that I felt the interviewer did not structure well.
It's on me for getting ahead of myself but I had a whole vision of how my life was going to look, what I was going to do between jobs, how the next few years of my life were going to look. How it would set me up for going to business school. And now that's just all dead in the water. This was giving me a lot of comfort after a break up earlier this year too, and now I am just so defeated.
Good luck. There is nothing worse than this feeling
Hey man we've all been there (keep your head up).
I've probably had that experience 4-5 times and looking back while 1-2 of those roles would've been great to have landed, all things happen for a reason as I'm very happy with my current firm/career trajectory.
As long as you keep grinding you'll end up in a good spot
Part of it is I’ve grown a lot of discontent with my current setup at this point and that was my road out. I think more opportunities may present themselves down the line but I’m not sure when that might be now which blows. Thank you for the perspective though
You're assuming a lot of things here and ignoring the fact that there is a (potentially very likely) world in which you take this job, turns out to be a sweatshop and you don't culturally vibe, spend two years there getting destroyed, get fat, get a mediocre rec to bschool, don't get into bschool, get screwed on your bonus, get let go because it's a two and out program, and get ejected into one of the worst white collar job markets in over a decade. This situation is not uncommon.
The point is that there is very little point dwelling on paths not taken because you will never know how they would actually pan out. All you can do is put one foot in front of the next and keep pushing the ball forward in whatever small way you can. You're still employed and you're young. This means you're still building skills, credibility, and, hopefully, savings, every day and you have a lot of time to take more shots on goal. The biggest limiting factor to your long term success at this point is your ability to keep trying.
Legendarily accurate response
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