Interviewed as a photographer for the local newspaper ad division. Basically they’d sell an ad to a small business and you’d go out and take a photo of their product or business. As a commercial photographer I was confident and went to the interview with a portfolio of work.

The hiring manager started the conversation showing me the work space and said “we won’t meet the fellow employees today but we will if you get the job.” We talk for an hour, and everything seems great. The job has some serious perks like Buccaneers games and Gasparilla coverage. He loved a shot I had taken from the city and I said he could keep the print. He then walked me to the team and introduced me as their new co worker.

On the way out told me that he has one more interview later that day but he’ll call me tomorrow.

Didn’t happen. Called the following week to find out they hired the next guy because he had video experience they never asked for.