When is not getting the job a good thing?

Okay, so not a good thing, but not such a terrible thing....

In order of icky, the first being the ickiest:

1. your application is ignored, lost in the ether, no acknowledgement, no human contact
2. you don't get an interview, but you get an automated response
3. you don't get an interview, but a human is involved in the response (has to print off the form letter, saliva on the stamp)
4. you get the interview, teach the sample lesson, give them an hour or more of your time, and you have to call them because you've heard nothing for weeks
5. you get the interview, but screw up somehow, are deemed inappropriate, and get the 'we've gone with someone else' phone call
6. ?
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10. the least icky of all, is you get to the second interview, but still don't get the job. I don't mind not being hired after the second interview. Now it's no longer personal, you didn't screw up, it's down to skill set/experience...and that's understandable.

Of course, the un-icky version would be to get the job...

But ya can't win 'em all.

(So ya, I didn't get the job, but I did get called back for a second interview.)

And I have another interview next Friday morning.

Lori