Bears GM Ryan Poles speaks on getting rejected by the Panthers and making them pay

"One of the hardest moments I had was not getting the Carolina [Panthers] job," Poles said on the "Excellent Leadership Podcast." "That was my first interview. And I thought I did really well. I prepared really well. You know you kinda feel like you're in the zone when you go through the interview process. It started with Zoom then it was in person.
"It's not talked about much but you come up with this philosophy based on your experience and you share how you want to go about changing this organization and putting them in a really good position. And when you don't get the job, you go back to your old job, you've already mentally put yourself in a leadership position, especially in the GM job.