Cultural fit

[Newbfail]

So after a 7 hour interview process in which I was the only remaining candidate the hiring manager turned around and said I was not a "right cultural fit even though I was professionally the stand out candidate".

To say I'm a little frustrated is a mild understatement as literally bent over backwards in the interviews to get the job and got very very good feedback up until the final decision.

A few things come to mind

1- What is the cultural fit?
2 - From hiring lots of people in the past myself I find the cultural fit element to be ironed out outside the interview environment and during probation period.
3 - thinking back I made sure I showed my positive smiley social interest side especially during the second interview.

So what's you guys thoughts on the whole cultural fit?

 

[Newbfail]

No problem with hard work and I love football, I even had a whale of a time on the physical team build exercise and had a good laugh with the people I did it with.

Just bemused as to how I could not be a good cultural fit as I certainly tried hard to show my fun side.

 

[Newbfail]

Yeah a lot of people are telling me I dodged a bullet just wish I could have the 7 hours back. For me,you analyse a person's cultural fit during their probation in day to day working not under interview pressures.