Tentative good news, I've manged to get a second interview for a job I'd like (and that would get me out of the hellish one I have at the moment, albeit at a lesser salary). Just got to do ok in the "TST" test (may be tautological as I don't know what "TST" stands for, it being something from Thomas International, as was the "PPA", the psychometric test I had to do at the first interview), some kind of IQ thingy to test "raw talent" - multiple choice with sequences of shapes, numbers, words etc. I do wonder why people can't trust their own judgement sometimes. Especially as I've been in similar and more senior positions for the last 20 years!