After my “Independence Day”, I was flown in for an interview with a company seeking a manager with experience. I had found out about the job through a recruiting company and had high expectations. My thoughts were that “if they were flying me in, then they must be interested in me.”<\/p>\n
I spent an entire day interviewing, and when I flew home I was confident that the position was mine. Weeks went by, and I finally put a call out to the recruiting company. They asked me if I had heard anything directly from the company, and I replied no. The recruiting company got back to me and said that the company thought I was more interested in moving to Boston than I was in working for their company.<\/p>\n
Lesson learned – just because someone seems excited to hire you doesn’t mean you shouldn’t show equal or more excitement in return.<\/p>\n
In the end, this worked out for the best, because my next experiences in Boston set up the framework for beginning my consulting career years later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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