It's been three weeks!
Yeah, it has been three weeks since I last updated my journal. Three weeks ago I went to this job interview, I got called back so I didn't update that week 'cause I didn't wanna jinx anything. I went to the second interview, a day before my final exam for summer school, and once again, I got called back. They gave me two times to choose, 11.30am or 8.30am. I chose 8.30am. Yeah, it meant getting up at 6 and I'd be late if I didn't leave home by 7. I got there on time, and I talked to the managing director for about 40 minutes. Throughout the past few interviews everything was cool, I wasn't nervous, I thought quickly and clearly, I wasn't mumbling, I spoke well. With this one, it was the same, I felt comfortable and confident. Two days ago they finally called me, more than a week after the last interview. They were sorry to tell me that I wasn't chosen for that job. I was a 'close second'. It went to some dude who's a bit older and has an actuarial degree. I really think they missed out on having me.
It was the perfect place. I loved the environment. It was a young company with lots of potential. It's an Australian company, there are only 60 or so employees in Australia, but they also have offices in New York, Florida, London, Ediburgh and Hong Kong. Their office was right in the city, with the most maginificent view, the Harbour Bridge and Opera House were right there, no tall buildings in the way, it was perfect. It was a two minute walk from the station, once again I say, it was perfect. I really thought I had that. And since then, I've applied to like twenty jobs, literally, and guess what, not a single phone call, and only a handful have even bothered to give me a rejection email, what scumbags. What do I do now? Just wait I guess, I don't have any close friends or relatives who work in the same industry. Unlike some people I know who've never had a single job in their lives and no extra curricular activities, but can score a job in the biggest investment bank in Australia because her sister works there. Life is so unfair. I have no doubt I can work better than that guy who got hired instead of me, my mind is different to most people, soon they'll realise they've made a mistake. He may have a different piece of paper, but my 'close second' should have been a first.
It was the perfect place. I loved the environment. It was a young company with lots of potential. It's an Australian company, there are only 60 or so employees in Australia, but they also have offices in New York, Florida, London, Ediburgh and Hong Kong. Their office was right in the city, with the most maginificent view, the Harbour Bridge and Opera House were right there, no tall buildings in the way, it was perfect. It was a two minute walk from the station, once again I say, it was perfect. I really thought I had that. And since then, I've applied to like twenty jobs, literally, and guess what, not a single phone call, and only a handful have even bothered to give me a rejection email, what scumbags. What do I do now? Just wait I guess, I don't have any close friends or relatives who work in the same industry. Unlike some people I know who've never had a single job in their lives and no extra curricular activities, but can score a job in the biggest investment bank in Australia because her sister works there. Life is so unfair. I have no doubt I can work better than that guy who got hired instead of me, my mind is different to most people, soon they'll realise they've made a mistake. He may have a different piece of paper, but my 'close second' should have been a first.