Completely humiliated and defeated after telesales 'interview'

Ok, 1 - you can't go anon in this part of the forum,
2 - if you're on JSA you can claim assistance to get to interviews, so don't pay out of your own pocket again.
3 - don't take it personally. Getting the first rung on the employment ladder is not easy.
4 - try and get any job you can right now. Even retail. Just do something while you're looking for something else.
5 - when it comes to applications, focus on quality, not quantity. Don't send off 30 applications a day when the chances are you're not making them as good as you should.
6 - get in touch with agencies like Brook St.

Rejection hurts, and these type of interviews suck balls.

Dude don't worry about it, you weren't prepared for what was going to happen. They said you were crap based on the fact you didn't perform well on the day, that doesn't mean you're useless and equally it doesn't mean you couldn't do the job.

It's hard not to feel down after being rejected especially since you know you underperformed. But just keep your chin up and don't dwell on it. I know it's easier said than done but the issue here is more the fact that it's playing on your mind rather than you're not capable.

Just keep applying and use this as interview experience.

I wanted to post this anonymously but I don't know how so **** it!. I graduated from University with a 2.1 in June and have been unemployed since. I got invited to a telesales 'interview' today. They didn't tell me if it was a 'group' assessment and that there wasn't even a job guaranteed at the end. I prepared all night for potential questions they might throw at me for nothing. I had to perform a 'role play' with someone else who was much older and very experienced while one of the 'assessors' took notes. Afterwards we were told to sit back down and while everyone was sitting around the table the assessors took us out one by one. I was the first to be taken out and given 'feedback'. I was basically told I was crap. I had to walk back in to the room with everyone sitting down, get my bag and walk out again. I felt so humiliated. I had to fight back tears on the way out because of how low I have sunk and how depressed I've become.I wasted 15 pounds getting to that interview. I suffer with anxiety so it took a lot for me to go to that interview.

I'm claiming JSA and living on £25 a week, my physical and mental health has deteriorated and I haven't had any kind of fun in months. The job center treat me like scum and force me to go to' 'basic skills' classes and are trying to get me to work for free. I stare at a computer screen all day, applying for about 30 jobs a day while my inbox gets filled with rejection emails. I've sunk so low after finishing University and I feel completely worthless.

I want a career in the civil service (not grad position) but it's incredibly hard to get into to. I lack experience. And I'm in a catch 22.

At the moment I feel like I'm completely lost

How did you get rejected from mcdonalds, people at college who don't even have level 3 qualifications can get jobs there.

Thanks for your advice.

I'll look into the help that I can get.

I am looking for anything I can get at the moment. Though even McDonalds, Asda and Greggs rejected me before even getting to the interview stage!. It's just insane.

Thanks, I'll have a lot at the agencies.

sorry to hear about your problems.

the trouble is you have a degree(dont know what in) and a 2:1 at that so you go for graduate jobs but they have endless applicants so you apply for non graduate but they reject you because your over Qualified.

theres no easy answer youll just have to keep going, as some said you can get help with interviews.

good luck.

Thanks for your advice.

I'll look into the help that I can get.

I am looking for anything I can get at the moment. Though even McDonalds, Asda and Greggs rejected me before even getting to the interview stage!. It's just insane.

Thanks, I'll have a lot at the agencies.

I wanted to post this anonymously but I don't know how so **** it!. I graduated from University with a 2.1 in June and have been unemployed since. I got invited to a telesales 'interview' today. They didn't tell me if it was a 'group' assessment and that there wasn't even a job guaranteed at the end. I prepared all night for potential questions they might throw at me for nothing. I had to perform a 'role play' with someone else who was much older and very experienced while one of the 'assessors' took notes. Afterwards we were told to sit back down and while everyone was sitting around the table the assessors took us out one by one. I was the first to be taken out and given 'feedback'. I was basically told I was crap. I had to walk back in to the room with everyone sitting down, get my bag and walk out again. I felt so humiliated. I had to fight back tears on the way out because of how low I have sunk and how depressed I've become.I wasted 15 pounds getting to that interview. I suffer with anxiety so it took a lot for me to go to that interview.

I'm claiming JSA and living on £25 a week, my physical and mental health has deteriorated and I haven't had any kind of fun in months. The job center treat me like scum and force me to go to' 'basic skills' classes and are trying to get me to work for free. I stare at a computer screen all day, applying for about 30 jobs a day while my inbox gets filled with rejection emails. I've sunk so low after finishing University and I feel completely worthless.

I want a career in the civil service (not grad position) but it's incredibly hard to get into to. I lack experience. And I'm in a catch 22.

At the moment I feel like I'm completely lost

How did you get rejected from mcdonalds, people at college who don't even have level 3 qualifications can get jobs there.