I Blew It.. but all is not lost!
I'm a PA native looking for a RE job in NY, and I've been scoring interviews left and right. It's been challenging, but one unique boutique developer I was sincerely attracted to had 2 phone interviews, an exam, and THREE (3!!!!!) in person interviews for an Analyst position. A little overkill, but it's a family business and I respected their commitment to finding a good fit.
I crushed interviews 1-4, the exam, and was feeling confident about #5 -- with the Owner.
And I frickin blew it.
Using a friend's own horror story, I had heard about candidates not even being considered if they didn't have a NY address. I'm not a student, or under a headhunter's wing, and I know I'm not coming up on anyone's radar.
So, I picked an address and used it on my resume. A little deceiving? Perhaps. My moral fiber was fine with it. But I did it in the middle of the night, and didn't check what address I chose.
Where I blew it is obvious. Owner took a look at my resume, after I had gracefully walked him through my resume, proved my experience and value, and created a very good rapport though I was honestly shaking in my shoes. He noticed my address didn't notate East or West. Not being a well traveled New Yorker, I was caught and I knew it.
In the moment, I let my anxiety guess West. The look on the Owner's face will forever stay with me. He responded "Oh. Alright". We ended the interview, and I had another test to take.
Once I was at a computer, I googled the address using the "West" address I'd given. Apartments go for $3mm+, over what I could afford if I even wanted to live there. Blown. Up.
What you think of me for doing this isn't really what I care about. I know if I was asked under less stressful circumstances, I'd admit to what I had done and explain why. I know this is literally their job - to know the NY market, and I crashed my own reputation with these people despite my background and skillset.
On the upside, I have another final round of interviews tomorrow and if it comes up - I can be sincere and see what happens.
TL;DR: you get what you deserve. don't expect anything different.
you could have bs'd your way out of this very easily. "I'm crashing on a friends couch until I find a job" or "I'm staying with my rich uncle on the upper west side till I land on my feet" etc.
I like what you're saying, it's just I still live and work full time in PA which I was honest about. I made the mistake of saying I had rented the space for a short time while working remotely and job searching in NY. The guy could smell my BS.
How do you know it's over?
They offered the position to another candidate with less experience.
thought u had another round/
The 5th and final interview was the incident. I am in a final round of interviews at my second choice firm tomorrow.
You should have just told him the truth. I have done the exact same thing, and 'confessed' in the interview. No one cared at all. It's probably the lying that was a turn off, but I am guessing there were other factors as well. Unless it was extraordinarily awkward in the interview, this would not be enough for me to turn down a candidate.
Should have said "neither, South"
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