count your eggs and baskets
I had a second-round interview for one of my companies from last week today, and nothing from the other. I'm slightly worried - not because I didn't do well, it was a B+ at least today - because at present I have a lot riding on a little.
It's not to say that I don't value quality, because I do, but once a certain threshold is past I do not go crazy picking at what I consider details. This lets stupid mistakes get through, sure, but I often do not have the patience to stare at one thing forever and after I feel done I just want it gone. In this as in all other pursuits, my strategy is to fling myself at as many targets as I can find until I get tired and hope for the best.
That is to say, I do not craft intricately detailed cover letter/resume works of art that I gingerly deliver and follow up on with care. Maybe I would get ignored less.
I do not fling shit. There is a level of quality.
Anyway, I suspect this week will be the make-it-or-break-it point and I'm scared. I have a good cover letter worked out and my resume is done so even if things don't work out, I'm not at square zero, but my levels of motivation will be ugly.
In brighter news, though, I really think I did interview well. I faltered toward the end - Skype dropped the call mid-sentence (interviewer sentence, not mine) and I had already run out of questions. Of course I called back, but I didn't end strong.
I thought about Augusten Burroughs and This Is How and interviews and being absolutely in the moment. I think I can do this thing.
It's not to say that I don't value quality, because I do, but once a certain threshold is past I do not go crazy picking at what I consider details. This lets stupid mistakes get through, sure, but I often do not have the patience to stare at one thing forever and after I feel done I just want it gone. In this as in all other pursuits, my strategy is to fling myself at as many targets as I can find until I get tired and hope for the best.
That is to say, I do not craft intricately detailed cover letter/resume works of art that I gingerly deliver and follow up on with care. Maybe I would get ignored less.
I do not fling shit. There is a level of quality.
Anyway, I suspect this week will be the make-it-or-break-it point and I'm scared. I have a good cover letter worked out and my resume is done so even if things don't work out, I'm not at square zero, but my levels of motivation will be ugly.
In brighter news, though, I really think I did interview well. I faltered toward the end - Skype dropped the call mid-sentence (interviewer sentence, not mine) and I had already run out of questions. Of course I called back, but I didn't end strong.
I thought about Augusten Burroughs and This Is How and interviews and being absolutely in the moment. I think I can do this thing.