For the third time in the last fifteen months, I have been told that I “am overqualified” for a potential position. If this is a valid excuse, it means that the companies telling me this simply don’t want to pay for my amount of money they think I’m seeking. But I also suspect that this is also a nice way that they think they’re letting me down, so that I feel all good and nice that I’m too good for them. Perhaps I might be overqualified for the positions that I’m ultimately being rejected for, but honestly, I’m aware of what I’m applying for when I do it, and I know I’m not going to be making giant money with some of these jobs. But if I’m not qualified for a position, and they’re telling me I am, I’d rather hear the fucking truth.
Too good for my own good, apparently
