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going to rant a little here, curious if anyone else is experiencing the same bullshit lately... so I’m pretty qualified in my field at this point, and I know that doesn’t entitle me to a job, but I feel like I have the same experience over and over again, where I aim for the positions I want and I don’t even come close to being considered, so I aim low and the interview is like ‘wow you’re so qualified, why do you want to work /here/?’ so I try hard to come up with a reason why I want that job specifically, when in reality its because my options are dwindling, and then it doesn’t even matter because I never hear from the interviewer again. I’m not like a super human interviewee or anything, but at least a few of these I know I’ve nailed.

I thought everyone was hiring? wtf is wrong with me? am i some kind of social pariah and no one ever told me? I’ve even tried to dress more to fit expectations, make no mention of my pronouns or nonbinary-ness in case that deters employers, that’s how desperate I am. is this some kind of phenomenon I’m unaware of? Is it me??