Have you ever been turned
down a job after a decisive and nerve wrecking interview? What will be the sentiment
of a person who has been refused a job after a hectic interview?
Well, I had an opportunity
to witness an interview for a job. There were ten enthusiastic candidates for
one job. All of them had to present themselves with their best presentation
ever in order to advertise their own potentials and expertise. One of the
candidates who I saw from afar looked calm in the interview but an opaque nerviness
hurled her wonderful smiling face. I am sure the three interviewers might have
noticed this. I could see a longing in her eye for that job. Firstly her whole
body language sent a message to the interviewer, 'please please give me this
job' secondly her eyes cried out without tears sending out vibrations of cry to
give that job and thirdly her whole might and energy went out of her through
the presentation she had prepared whole heartedly. The interviewers might have
questioned her abilities and talents in order to select a best candidate. The
interviewee in turn given her 100% to convince the panelists that she is the
one they are looking for.
I am reminded of my own job
interview in July 1997 in Mangalore for a small post as attender in a office
that belonged to the University of Mangalore. It was called Chair in Christianity.
The priest who interviewed me was very lenient towards to me because I could
present myself well with all my limited knowledge of work and innocence. The
first question he asked me was "how are you today?" which eased my
tension to a large extent. I am nervous to the core but I hid my nervousness
behind a facade that helped me to showcase bold side of me. The priest who
interviewed was very good person. He had a special consideration to the people
who come from remote villages who came to city for a job. All the more I was
due to study during the evening my A Levels and work as an attender during the
day at his office. This impressed and amazed the priest that I was going to
study and work. This secured me a job of an attender in his office. The second part
of the interview was to explain the work I was supposed to do. I was so very
happy. I spent my first salary in getting something special for my parents but
I hardly knew what special thing made them happy because they were very simple
people. I just bought some nice Apples for them, which is quite rare for us in
the village. This actually did not make them happy because they wanted me to
save my money for my own studies. I then started saving my money for my own
studies according to their wish. I worked at Chair in Christianity for a year
after which I went to study during the day.
All of us have some
experience of attending a job interview. Some of us are just lucky to get job
and fortunate to secure a career out of that job. But some people are not just
lucky enough to pass the interview and get disappointed in life. Most people
who fail the interview feel rejected and feel dejected in life. They feel their
abilities have been underestimated. This feeling might grow into a continual
frustration in life and at last a time will come when they cannot take it
anymore rather just give up in life. This frustration might lead one to
conclude that this life is not worth living. Have we ever felt this? Dear
friends it is this time that we have to pick up bits and pieces of life and
start anew, may be from the scratch. It is that this time we have to say to
ourselves that this job is not meant for me, there is someone better than I am.
It is that this time we have to sit back and think what is next rather just beating
our breasts in frustration. Our frustration might earn us a big reward. Every
failure is a stepping stone to success. When a hundred time Edison failed to
get the results out of his experiment in light bulb, he said they are not
failure but they are just a hundred things that I cannot make a light bulb.
Thus he succeeded in his unprecedented revolution in creating light bulb.
Job interview is a like a
sport, one has to perform one's best with one's utmost energy and skill; one
might win or might lose because the opponent is better than I am. A good
sportsman or sportswoman would not give up rather; practice more in order to
prove better than other. Hence we can win with due practice and a sense of
patient perseverance.
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