‘Five interviews, five months and I still didn’t know if I got the job’

“Five months and several emails chasing them later, they finally told me I hadn’t got the job.” Emma*, a 31-year-old IT consultant who asked to remain anonymous is telling me about a recent interview process that left her mentally and emotionally drained. After sending off an application for a Dublin-based IT job she spotted on LinkedIn, she was delighted to be invited to interview. She was even more pleased when she nailed it and was...