Oh, that job interview

So, that job interview I had on Monday went really well. They thought I had a great CV with lots of useful experience, that I did a good job on the pre-interview test they sent me and that I performed strongly during the interview. All in all, they said I was an ideal candidate.

But they saw one other candidate after me who turned out to have done the exact same job for twelve years at another academic publisher so they gave him the job.

Bollocks.