Update from Interview

I just got a call back from a job application I was quite confident in, did all the tests and interviews, well, to inform me that I got rejected.

(The job was for one of the Big 4 banks FYI)

I am generally a strong person, I don't cry all that often and I certainly don't get "bummed" out. If anything, I feel shit for 5 minutes then find ways to do better the next time round. In some perspective, I am quite insensitive, and I hate dwelling.

** rant alert
But I guess its different when someone calls you up and tell you that you are not good enough for that role because you didn't provide the right answers they were looking for. Well, maybe I am straight forward and don't beat around the bush to tell a "story". Maybe I was just nervous I didn't know how much you want to hear me bragging about myself. Or maybe it would have been more helpful if the interviewer gave me some pointers. He could have said he had more questions when I asked him. Either way, I can't believe I got rejected for not being a story teller.

I have other qualities that makes me a great fit for the job. Financial analysis. Interpreting financial documents. Customer service. Interpersonal skills. Time management. Great story teller 
Are you fucking kidding me. I have worked so hard for my degree and this is the outcome of it?
I am a great employee and person to be around. My current boss seek my advise, a twenty-two year old, on business expansion plans. I was a business school ambassador who has to talk to people for the entire day, telling them life stories, hearing life stories. I get beyond sales targets, sometimes even doubling down. I have intuition to know if the company is going to do well, and I have a bloody resilient attitude.

So I am sorry you lost a potentially brilliant employee.





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