Several Failed Interview Attempts Later

My coffee was found today: in a green travel mug on the counter before we commuted to work together--thank you, Aaron Charles.

There are a number of things that I suspect have led me here, this state of under-employment. 

List of things of which I'm aware:

1. I was unable to commit to being a complete freelancer in a matter of seconds in a conversational portion of the interview.
2. I do not have the specific experience for which you are looking.
3. You somehow assume that I'm a slow learner and that I am lying about being a quick-study. In fact, you think I'm am not earnest at all about anything and don't know how I managed to get an interview with you in the first place.
4. My suit was not black, but a really amazing shade of grey/beige/light olive with stitching detail on the lapels [Anne Klein].
5. My glasses are last, last, last, last season but still Prada.
6. The amount of time I spent pinning my hair up was a little obvious. (It was just a bun! A simple, standard bun!)
7. I practiced my answers too much and therefore my improvisational skill must be lacking.

List of things of which I'm unaware:

1. Would I list something of which I was unaware? Really?
2. I wasn't a good fit--but how could I know if you didn't let me try "fitting in"?

So far I've interviewed (since my last, forever-ago-post) for the following positions:

Freelance Textbook Editor
Radio Line Producer (obtained a second interview from this one)

I wish I could say, there seems to be no limit to the number of the interviews I've had.  But there is a limit--it's limited to two and a half.  And that's from December to the present, late July.  Prior to that I interviewed for the following positions beginning in May, before I had graduated until November 2010:

Program Representative (was flown into Chicago for this one)
Admissions Counselor
Secretarial Temp
Counseling Center Administrative Assistant

The worst part about most of this is that many interviewers gave me bonus points for my well-organized answers, my aesthetically-pleasing and impressive resume, and the creativity I possessed in my cover letter.

It is my belief that 9 out of 10 times, I was not given the job because I was not a good fit.  (There are always reasons to say no, some of them being acceptable.  Acceptable reasons: Jobs had a lot of travel and I was a newlywed.  Who wants to travel that much a week after they've been married?)

Please do  not get me wrong--I am not complaining. But this is a blog, and I will share my opinions, without being too specific.  I've given a lot of thought towards why I am not being hired into my area of expertise/experience.  And I share it with you now.  I know so many of you are in the same boat.

And I must say, that while my experience continues to look meager stacked up against other persons' resumes, I cannot say how much I have been blessed with what I have been given. 
Two jobs. 
Two bosses that care about me. 
And time enough to continue to do what I love: writing. 

Also, time enough to do what I don't love: looking for that elusive copy editing or copy writing job.  I think one year and two months has given me enough [life] experience to give you, Interviewer, what you're looking for.