i'll be unsubscribing to dailycandy ASAP

found out last night i didn't get the job at dailycandy.com, which is disappointing. the person i interviewed with seemed cool, the corporate culture seemed laidback, the office was in a gorgeous loft and the people seemed young and hip. i was even told that you could bring small dogs to the office. that right there made me want the job more than anything. although i did want the job for all the reasons listed above. i thought it would be a cool place to work and i figured i would like what i was doing. and the atmosphere was such a 180 from avon that it made the job even more appealing.

the guy i interviewed with said he liked my writing samples and writing style, and even told me he didn't think i'd have a problem with the copy test. and i felt like i did well on the interview too although there was one weird question, which has been replaying itself in my brain. he asked me how i would feel about being managed, which i thought was odd. who asks that? i mean, unless you're the president of the company or the CEO or something, everyone has a manager. and even if you're the president or the CEO, you're answering to someone, a board, a committee, something. so i thought that was weird. i mean, in the workplace, you always answer to someone. so what was up with that?

i don't know what the deal is because i thought i did well on the interview and the writing test so i don't know why i didn't get the job. and that is making me more insecure than ever. maybe i didn't do as well as i thought? maybe it wasn't the right fit for me. maybe our personalities didn't mesh. he did mention that he thought i was overqualified so maybe that's it. i don't know. i am trying to figure out what the deal was and why i didn't get the job. and to be honest, i didn't ask the HR person because 1--some people are weird about that. i don't know that they are going to be honest with me and 2--even if they are, it's subjective. so do i want that to throw me off balance for my next interview when i am already feeling off?

yeah, i don't think so.