Cancelled

This is a first. I find out I didn't get the job before the interview.

When I got home Friday night Ken said someone had called from the organization where I was scheduled to interview. The woman didn't want to leave a message and said she would send me an email, though I didn't receive anything from her office.

All kinds of things went through my mind: rescheduling, papers to bring...and although I thought that maybe she could be calling to cancel the interview I quickly dismissed that possibility. I mean, they haven't even met me yet!

When there was no phone call from the woman early today I felt better. It probably wasn't anything important. It did occur to me that she could send an email to an incorrect address, so I put in a call at 9:00 this morning. It went to voicemail so I left a message.

An hour later the woman called to say the interview has been cancelled. They have already filled the position, which means someone who is already an employee or someone interviewed previously for another position. I asked if she would keep my application on file.

So that's that. Back to the drawing board. And the air is out of my sails once again. I wish I could stop getting my hopes up, but when something that looks promising comes along I get excited. I read the signs all wrong.

When I contacted one of my references last week to confirm her contact information, I learned she has retired to the Southwest. I told her I have had no luck with any of the small non-profits that I worked with when I was an intern in her office. She said, "Who would have thought that would happen?"

Indeed.