Jane

I was working at a large nonprofit where my sponsor tapped me for a Senior Director role and the hiring manager commented that he and I are “violently aligned”. However, after I did not get the role the internal interview panel’s feedback was that they didn’t see enough leadership qualities and that my next move shouldn’t be such a senior role. I took a significant pay cut to join this org directly from b-school and successfully tackled everything they threw at me, many roles without previous experience, and after six years of accomplishments I wasn’t enough.