Ok, I'm starting this again. I haven't written in this thing since last year. I think I've changed whole lot, so this is new me.

Have you ever get the feeling that sometimes the reason why you didn't get the job you wanted is because you are over qualified? I went for a job interview recently, a computer-programming job, and in retro perspective, there are three reasons that lead me to believe that I'm too good for the job. During the interview, I said something along the line of "I was the programming team leader blah blah blah..." Immediately after I said that, one of the two interviewers points to the other interviewer and says, "he's our team leader." Of course, I didn't attach any significant meaning to that other than the fact that he is the team leader. After, I came to believe that he said that because they didn't want me to get ideas and try to pretend that I am the team leader. Secondly, one of the interviewer said, "We will not be developing any new codes. You will be writing same lines of codes over and over again, so you might get a little bored." Of course, I didn't attach any meaning to that either. Only after reading my rejection letter, I came to realize that I had more qualifications than what they required. They specifically mentioned on their job posting that applicant must have two or more years of experience. Well, I have four years, but I lied and wrote I have five years. And also I let them know that I'm officially certified programmer by Sun Microsystems. So the interviewers knew that I would get bored of writing same lines of codes, which is true, and might create a havoc with the extra free-time. And thirdly, and most importantly, it was my mistake to reveal my GPA. I am current computer science student in my local university; I was hoping a part time job. One of the interviewers asked me if I could work even during the school semester, not just during the summer break. I told them that I could. But I wasn’t fooling anybody, not even me. I don't think they believed me, because they said, "You might not want to work during school semester because you don't want your GPA to drop." Having GPA above normal is sometimes burden. They don't think I would be dedicated enough to the work, they think I would be too busy on my studying. I always thought better GPA meant better chance of getting hired. I don't believe that anymore.