Saturday, March 10, 2007

in reply to NORMAL tagboard posts

gian: sana sumulat ka na ng bagong entries...
hoy gian! :p can this count as a new entry? hehe.. hmm. i am working on it. i recently have a lot of thoughts actually. but that doesnt mean that those are worth-writing-about ones. plus, they are really A LOT. muddled up. thanks for visiting my blog though, i appreciate it. :)

tara: teng, peram daddy long legs!
taratitat. hehe. :p it's my roommate's so im not very sure if i can lend it to you. i shall ask.

Posted by tengcorrea at 3/10/2007 10:40:00 AM

0 comments Friday, March 09, 2007

An 'Amazingly Horrible' First Job Interview

whew. i screwed up big time on my interview with Republic Retailers, a Filipino company handling the local clothing brand Tyler.
The tragedy began with my very first sentence - blasphemous in the corporate setting - the word "yeah".Worse, I kept repeating the word out of habit. (hmm. it must have been due to the "ya conversations" i often have with my korean tutees. "Ya" is like their "hey" ^-^)

The interviewer did not even ask my name after that. He continued asking what position I applied for (thank God i remembered it), why, and what made me think that I am fit for that position. Having mentioned "strategy" and "execution" - (the exact words I put in the resume I submitted them) - he asked me to explain them and give an example of a strategy. What followed is a bunch of grammatically incorrect and fragmented sentences, and babbling etc. Boo. I don't even remember now what I said then. The only thing I know is that I humiliated myself BIG TIME, tsk tsk.

The rest of the time, I remember wanting to sink in my seat. He ended with an on -the-spot rejection. He told me they are looking for someone who has more experience and who can dream a little bit more. He even gave me an advice that I should expose myself to more interviews so I would know how to conduct myself properly.
Whew. Pretty harsh. but helpful. As I sincerely replied to him, "I understand." Tsk. My self-esteem really went down but I think it's a sign that I really should work on my confidence and communication/expression skills. (plus i ought to review my projects before so I can talk about them during interviews.) :p

Construction from destruction. (hehe :p)