Missed Opportunities.

I just came back from a job interview. It's a job I'm perfectly qualified for, with just the right mix of logistics, writing and other responsibilities. Amazingly enough, the person who interviewed me happens to know me as I am currently managing her company's corporate account in my present situation, and can ask a variety of people for character references (including her husband).

And yet, I think I blew it...I can't point to any one moment in particular; we talked for nearly an hour about a variety of things, job scope, current events, work culture, even some after hours activities, but the minute I walked out of the interview room, I felt like hitting my head against the wall, "Damn!" It didn't feel like the interview ever got into a good rhythm, I didn't think I sold enough good examples of my work, and I definitely didn't tell nearly enough stories tooting my own horn.

People say you're always hardest on yourself, and maybe its true. Perhaps I am just melodramatic, but I don't generally leave a situation feeling like that, which is what scares me.

I guess I can't do anything at this point but cross my fingers, and hope for the best.

I hate first impressions...