That's that

As of tonight, when I received my rejection letter, I officially joined that elite club of people who have failed a Civil Service board. From what I've seen, the others have all been bright, articulate, and highly employable, so I feel honoured to join them. I suspect it's all for the best, as if I'd got in, the hideous and inexplicable rejection would occur a couple of years in. Colleagues have been very comforting about the whole business and have provided many other examples of recruitment/promotion disasters.