I like this quoted response: You have reached the required standard, but we are unable to offer you a job immediately. We have placed you on a reserve list fro

I like this quoted response: You have reached the required standard, but we are unable to offer you a job immediately. We have placed you on a reserve list from which future appointments may be made. When I was leaving academia it took a number of rejections before I realized that I wasn't being rejected because I wasn't qualified, but because the company only had one spot and I wasn't their top choice.