Hard work pays off with a little bit of luck

I had my final interview with a certain company today. This event had been haunting me for 4 days before the actual day. It appeared in my dreams multiple times and it also shortened my sleeping time since I couldn’t go back to sleep after waking up from that dream.

I wasn’t sure how the interview went, but I think I had a pretty nice conversation with both interviewers. One was a lady from the HR and one was a higher up of the current position I’m applying for. There were one or two questions that threw me off, but I think overall I still did pretty okay. I wasn’t sure if I were able to impress them or not, though.

An hour and thirty minutes after the interview ended, I received a call from one of the HR person in the company. They informed me that I passed the final round and that they’re offering me the position. I was in the middle of prepping my dinner, kneading a dough to make naan. Man, I was dumbfounded. Who would’ve thought they’d notify me of the results within 2 hours?

I notified my parents, my circle of friends, then my teachers and career counselor. It’s always interesting how your friends are more hyped up than yourself. My teachers were also happy and they showered me with messages. I called my parents to notify them about it. They didn’t go screaming CONGRATS!!! or squeal but I can tell that my mom’s happy. She’s a bit sad at the same time since that means I won’t be going home any time soon. I really wish I could meet her.

So yeah, after multiple job applications and depression cycles, I finally landed myself a job. I must say that luck plays a huge role in this application. I guess job hunting is really just about the right time, right place, and the right people. Anyways, my job won’t start until next year April so I’m going to have plenty of open months to enjoy myself before transitioning into the work force.

(Thank you Hanako for your constant support and advices for the interview. They really helped me a lot to make it this far!)

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3 responses to “Hard work pays off with a little bit of luck”

  1. Hanako Avatar

    I’m so happy to hear that you got the job! I’m not going to lie, I was praying hard for you! And honestly, I think you could use the break until the job starts! What a stressful year for you! I’m glad that I was able to help you! Congrats on the job! And now, you’ll need to find a way to not stress out the first week of work! Please don’t think too hard about it right now! Enjoy life for the next few months!

    1. Rin Avatar
      Rin

      Thank you! I thought I wouldn’t need to stress over anything before work starts on April but I forgot about the fact that we will be having a ceremony on the 1st of October. It’s going to be entirely online but it’s going to be some kind of welcome event as well. I’m nervous to meet new people and having to introduce myself to everyone since it seems like I’m the only foreigner entering the company for this batch haha. I hope I don’t mess up my speaking because that’s going to be really embarrassing lol.

  2. Hanako Avatar

    Haha! I think you’ll be okay. And if you do mess up, just laugh it off. It’s good to have a good sense of humour! (But make sure you say “excuse me” and correct yourself). Don’t stress during the open ceremony! Those are easy peasy!

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