Thursday, November 04, 2010
episode: -> a complete FAILURE. <-
i wished..
.. my interview skills were better.
.. my 临场反应 skills were better.
.. my presentation skills were better.
.. my brains were better and react faster.
.. i was more eloquent and persuasive.
i think i may only end up being one of those unemployed fresh graduates.
not fresh anymore somemore.
because the next batch of fresher graduates are graduating soon.
i did very much worse today than the Singapore Jurong Bird Park job interview.
it is not that i went completely unprepared.
but maybe i prepared incorrectly and inappropriately.
i prepared with too much emphasis added onto the tiny little piece of "homework" they have tasked on me.
little did i know that i actually didn't even get a chance to speak more than 10% of what i had originally painstakingly prepared.
i was too worried about my tiny little piece of "homework" that i completely forgot to research more in-depth on the company than merely knowing simply the surface information.
i can only tell myself, "well done already lor, well done."
how stupid and foolish of me.
this job interview was actually rather informal and light-mooded.
everybody, at a point in time, actually laughed
at something or
about something.
i know this interview is to lighten the atmosphere up, yet purposely disturb me and bombard me with loads of questions (relevant or irrelevant) to throw me off-guard..
.. snide remarks targeting my words, my answers, and my powerpoint presentation.
they want to create stress within a situation involving me, and see how i would react or handle the situation.
oh, and Chinese translations, anyone?
i may have spoken good conversational Chinese.
but to translate or explain economics technical terms in Chinese is a different story altogether.
it is as good as asking you to explain the theory behind Chemistry, Physics, or Biology.. in Chinese?
i don't know whether i should laugh or cry at myself and my pathetic FAIL performance during the interview.
i only know..
.. i fared badly.
.. i failed.
i failed.. with a big Big BIG "F".
i cannot even get offered a job at the Singapore Jurong Bird Park, let alone this.
~ Beautiful Season ~