Dealing with Rejection after an Interview

It is true that you have spent many months, weeks and hours over preparation and managing the interview process and you feel dejected and withdrawn when not getting a favorable response but time spent mourning is the previous time spent wasted. Use this time instead on research and analysis on what went wrong and how to deal with the rejection in the positive light.
When you get to the fighting stage you have now made up your mind towards identifying the reason for the interview failure. You have now taken your first step towards turning that rejection into success. The essence is in having a fighting spirit and a character that says “I will not quit”. It is not the time to take the rejections personally; it is not always you it could be them. But judgment must come after a careful analysis, not before.

• The first message you must have with you is that a few negative results do not mean “never”.
• The second very important message – It is not you. There could be many different reasons why the firm you interviewed with never got back to you – maybe they fell in a hiring freeze after a series of interviews, or the advertised position could not take off due to budgetary issues or some other unforeseen reason.
• The third message which is also a well used cliché – you must learn from your mistakes. There is a possibility that it was you, not them. Rejections are not the time to sulk and get in your cocoon of self-depreciation or the statement “oh it’s just not possible to re-enter the workforce at this stage”. As with every stage in life, it is a time to learn from your experience and analyze why and what is not going right.

There is no use worrying about things over which you have no control, and if you have control, you can do something about them instead of worrying.– Stanley C. Allyn
Article by Shweta L. Khare, founder and president of Careerbright and Speakbright and courtesy of Careerbright blogspot

Originally posted by Candice A