Currently being employed in the luxury real estate industry, I was obsessively interested in the position when I came across it. I watched their seminars, I found their training videos, I followed their social media accounts and researched the company. I requested and reached out to current employees on LinkedIn and submitted my resume and work samples through them. I was contacted for an initial screening with a recruiter via email. I provided my availability and never heard back from her. I left two voicemails and the week after received a call that she had missed my emails and voicemails and wanted to reschedule. Gave her the benefit of the doubt and scheduled the screening call. Was then scheduled for a video call with a peer and then two video calls with my would-be supervisor and a higher-up a few days later. All of these video calls went exceedingly well and I was given feedback that the team was excited about me moving forward. More than a week later, my recruiter emails to schedule the final interview with the Regional Director. I was given two prompts to present during this video call. I researched and put together a PP presentation that clearly portrayed my vast knowledge of real estate marketing. When on the call, the Director was humbling and prodding to see how I would react under pressure. Fair enough. She remarked that I handled it well. Two weeks later, I receive a call from my recruiter that I was not selected as the Director was looking for a specific response to the prompts and I did not provide the specific response that she was looking for. Being declined was honestly shocking to me, as my skillset so clearly aligned with the role.