That really bad interview

I was thinking back the other day to one of the worst experiences I had with interviewing.It’s good for a little laugh anyway.
I had this interview at a marketing firm, which was so exciting to me because I have always love public relations. This one seemed like just the right one too. The interview went well, I even bonded with the interviewer, as we were from the same hometown. When he asked me that question about the reliability of my transportation, the lie just sort of rolled out of my mouth. Sure I had a reliable vehicle, reliable in that it would almost always reliably break down at just the wrong time. When I went to my car after the interview, this just appeared to be one of those time.
And of course what I mistook as good fortune when I got that amazing parking spot right in front of the building earlier, seemed to convert into bad luck when the whole office could see me pop the hood of my car through their large front window.
It was unavoidable, they saw me, and the interviewer was soon out front, offering me his phone and delighting himself with a small giggle under his breath.
I didn’t get the job. While they said they appreciated the fact that I was trying to sell myself, and while this is a benefit to a marketing position (I imagined another under breath laugh around here) they had another candidate they felt was more qualified.
I hadn’t thought about this interview for a while, partly I think because I repressed it. But now thinking back, I realize how much it taught me. No matter how much you are trying to sell yourself to an employeer, lying is not going to help. You can only offer what you have, and believe it or not, that is all some people are looking for.

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