In this video Natalie Fisher explains why being rejected for a job is often not a reflection of personal inadequacy. She argues that assuming a rejection is due to something wrong with you damages confidence and harms performance in future interviews. Fisher outlines common organizational reasons for hiring decisions—such as internal promotions or pre‑made choices—that are invisible to candidates. She warns that internalizing rejection leads to a negative spiral of self‑doubt, which reduces interview effectiveness. To break this cycle, she encourages viewers to reframe rejection, focus on the next opportunity, and maintain confidence. Fisher also promotes a free downloadable guide and workbook that provides behavioral interview questions, answer templates, and a set of 25 reflective questions to help candidates prepare compelling stories. The video ends with typical YouTube calls to action (subscribe, like, watch more videos).
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Getting rejected for a job interview or for a job might be the best thing that happens, and here's why. Most people get very disappointed when they're rejected for a job, and in this video I'll talk about why this could be a good thing, and stay tuned. So a big mistake that people make is they automatically assume that they didn't get the job because there was something wrong specifically with them. And this is a big mistake to assume this because it then hurts your chances in your next job interview at showing up confidently. Because if you believe there's something wrong with you, then when you walk into your next interview, you're not going to feel very good about yourself. So I understand why you might be thinking this way, and I understand your reasoning behind why you think you didn't get hired and it has to do with you. It's only human nature to assume that it was something that you did or that you said wrong. But let me ask you, It's every time someone gets rejected, is it a personal rejection against them specifically? No, it's actually not the case most of the time. It has nothing to do with the person, and believing that it is you is hurting your confidence and it's not helping you. So here's what I'd like to offer. There could be many reasons why you didn't get hired, many things happening behind the scenes in the organization that you have no idea about that have nothing to do with you. For example, the most common one is that they hired somebody internally. They decided to move somebody from another department into that role that you were applying for, and they decided to do that. So it doesn't matter who was interviewing for the job, they had basically already made their decision. And that happens a lot. So inside the company, you can't see what's going on, and you could be upset for no reason. So focusing solely on the fact that you didn't get hired and making it about you, making it mean something personal about you, could be A big mistake that you make. Because what you may not even realize is that even the most perfect, most greatest candidate may not have been hired at that particular time because of the situation that was going on that you couldn't see. So just because you don't get hired the first time, or if you go for a couple of interviews and you don't get the job, it doesn't mean that there's something wrong with you. And seeing it this way is only going to make you feel down, and it's gonna put you in a spiral of negative thoughts about yourself, which is gonna hurt your chances. At your next interview, and when you show up at your next interview, you're just going to be thinking, oh well, I didn't get hired for those other 2 because there's something wrong with me, so it must be me. So let me ask you, do you really want to keep spending your time feeling sorry for yourself because you didn't get hired when it had nothing to do with you? Or do you want to move on to the next opportunity confidently? Because dwelling on the past doesn't work out, doesn't help you, and it doesn't do anybody any good. If you want to learn more about the strategies that my students are using to kick butt in their job searches, click the link below and you can get started with me by instantly downloading my free guide. So in the free guide, you're going to get instant access to a series of behavioral interview questions, and you're going to get concrete examples for each. You're going to get a look at the in-depth formula that you can use to instantly communicate your value in an interview. You can get a series of concrete examples for the top 10 most commonly asked interview questions. You're going to get fill-in-the-blank templates for each of these questions so that you can formulate your own answers confidently. And if you are still getting stuck, then you can scroll to the bottom of the guide where there will be 25 questions that you can ask yourself in order to get those stories out of your head and onto paper so that you can confidently start practicing them and be completely set for your next interview. So those 25 questions will help you if you are This all comes in a beautifully designed workbook that is specifically designed to help you get your next job. It has helped many people already, and I look forward to— for you to download it and see the value that you get. So get that now by clicking the link below. If you want to stick around, watch some more videos with me, click subscribe to my channel. Give me a thumbs up if you like this video, thumbs down if you didn't like the video. Click here to watch another video from me or another video in the series. Click here. Thank you so much for watching, and I will see you next week. Bye!
