Have you ever experience a situation where you want something so badly but somehow, it seems almost out of reach, probably because you unintentionally destroy your own opportunity? Well, I have…
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It was by chance that I found the wanted ad for the technical writer position on a certain online job recruitment site. Sounds like a perfect job to me…IT + writing, just my thing…What’s even sweeter is that the company’s specialization happens to be my field of study.
As expected of an international company, the recruitment process is a stringent one. When I first applied for the job online, I was required to define, describe and state the differences between given malwares. Here’s the catch: I have to write it in a way that people with no IT background will be able to understand what I have written. Did just that, passed the first round and off I go to the second round…
The second round was the interview of course, though I still have to take a written test before the interview. There were two questions to be completed within an hour. First question was ok and the second one was so-so…I was required to edit a three-page-article so that it fits into one single page. I would have done a better job if I was given more time. One hour passed rather quickly and it was time for the interview.
Did I botched the interview? Maybe a little…a word of advice for those who are still studying: always do your assignments/projects properly and remember the contents. It may just pop up during job interviews. It just did, in my case =.= If I could just foresee the future, I would have done things a whole lot differently. What’s done is done though. The only thing that I can do now is just pray, hope for the best and move on to other job interviews.
Anyways, I’ll know for sure if get to the third round next week…am keeping my fingers cross but I had better be on the lookout for other alternatives. As the saying goes, never put all your eggs in one basket…
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As of now, I’m done with wallowing in self-pity (it has somehow became my ritual everytime something bad happens but usually it lasted for a day) and I’m gonna move on. But first, I need to reflect upon my actions (the job interview) and reevaluate my career goals.
Ciao!
Self-pitying is a good thing…u feel crappy, then comes the pity party, then the realization of the pathetic-ness that is the pity-fest, then the moving on…LOL!
It’s true what u said, don’t keep all ur eggs in one basket…so while i pray u get this job, be on the lookout for other opportunities…G is here or support! Godspeed!!!
PS: A new layout i see…very simple and clean-cut…letak gambar lerrr, hehehe! (Like as if you’ll put…)
Haha…pic on my blog? That will never happen :p