Unfortunately
potential employers seem to want you to put a positive spin on this sort of thing when you fill in these forms. You end up finding a phrase such as, "whilst I learnt a lot from this group, I saw my research continuing in a different direction to theirs," which bears no resemblance to the real bitterness and frustration you must clearly feel.

(I know how you feel, I shall soon have to find a nice way to say that I'm sick to the back teeth of the PhD I've been blundering through...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 19:30, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

New phrases
I definitely need to get together a group of positive phrases that say 'give me a job, i hate the one i've got'!
(The Ginger Penguin la la la la la la, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 19:38, Reply)

To be fair, Crow
I'd imagine that having incredibly limp wrists must make typing 12,000 words a bit of a chore at times. I imagine your essays to go something like: hhrhlghcd gdj kibku khgll'jhqw lhkh kghgjhlwedgoghgoghgogh.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 1 Jul 2010, 19:39, Reply)

*chortles*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 2 Jul 2010, 8:53, Reply)

HEINOUS BULLYING
And after all the effort I expended to type that eloquent reply with my nose...
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 2 Jul 2010, 10:01, Reply)

Crow has it about right
Your application would go straight into the bin in my place if you wrote what you posted.

Negatives should be avoided on an application.

point out all the positives, any areas of note or particular success and which direction you see yourself developing in (and why).

Good luck
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Fri 2 Jul 2010, 8:25, Reply)

What on earth makes you think they were seriously going to put that paragraph on an application?
It's pretty obvious it's an excuse for a rant.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 2 Jul 2010, 8:39, Reply)

I didn't
I simply bothered to read the OP properly and replied to the question
posed

"So, do you think this would be more or less likely to get me an interview?"

Any more blatently obvious things you need help with this morning?
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Fri 2 Jul 2010, 8:54, Reply)

But you also read Crows reply
in which he responded to the general tone of the message rather than the exact words, which were clearly sarcastic. Are you actually autistic, as opposed to internet autisms like the rest of us?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:01, Reply)

Yawn
Try shaking a different tree if you want an argument, I have some fish in a barrel that need shooting. Its more sporting than bandying words with internet forum warriors.

Hugs
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Fri 2 Jul 2010, 10:00, Reply)