So I'm on the 'contract job' cycle where I'm constantly applying for new jobs as each one is only a short term contract, like 6 months to a year. It sucks but the pay normally is decent and I enjoy where I work so I keep it up. Well my recent attempt at getting a new contract had not been going well. I had three job interviews that I honestly felt I did slam dunks on. Everyone was smiling, lots of engagement, the whole nine yards. I was shocked and disappointed when I didn't get a call back on any of them but that's just how the job market is now.

Cue a couple weeks ago. I got an interview request, schedule it and wait. But unfortunately that week I got horribly sick. Like, I missed a week of work I was so sick. But I didn't want to reschedule the interview so I asked if I could do it virtual. They agreed and I steeled myself, as I was running on almost a week's worth of only sleeping like an hour a night. Time for the interview comes and I'm dying.…