the last 20 days was all difficult for me. i was overly worried about how my present boss will take my unscheduled resignation. there was a lot of things to think about.... like, if they won't let me go on the time i needed to start in LA. or if i resigned on her bad hair day..... or if she kicks me out of the apartment. LOL. as the sole designer of the company, i needed 90 days notice before i can leave the company to make sure that all my projects will be done. anyway...
i got to talk to my boss a while ago and told her about this new job.... she was so cool! she didn't say anything "negative" just yet.... i'll be as cool for now. i'll see.
i am learning so much from this whole thing.
1. before i went to the interview... my friends and i did a mock-interview. they rehearsed me into saying the right things when asked a particular question. you know, those standard interview questions you see in monster.com ---- those "why are you leaving your present job? what are your strengths and weaknesses? why would we want to hire you? if you are an animal, what would you be? what expereiences do you have that qualifies you for this position?" those questions. i have been asked these questions before on phone interviews and most of the time, i fumbled and didn't know what to say. so, we made sure that i'll give the right answers this time. i have never been interviewed that way before. and i've been with the same company for almost 6 years so it's kinda weird for me to be interviewed again. plus, the only way i was interviewed before was thru my portfolio. they never asked me those silly questions before. if they like your work... they don't ask questions. they ask you things about your work, the technical aspect of it... the creative process.
so, i went into the interview ready, really nervous, and anxious. but..... as it turned out, the most difficult question they asked me was, "when can you start?" because, i didn't know exactly when i can start.
2. Waiting for their offer letter proved to be the worst. I lost all hope. I got depressed. I got so anxious. I got frustrated. I got angry at them for not having the courtesy to tell me i didn't get the job anymore. when i finally got it, they apologized for the delay.
3. I got so tensed and scared when i called my boss in manila to tell her about this apparently sad news. Again, it turned out ok.
All in all, I was worried for nothing! I wasted all my energies thinking of the worst things. I got depressed for nothing. But, as my mom would put it..... it's always wise to have a Plan B early on. When i told my friends about how the interview went... and how i laughed about the "practice interview" we had, they said, it's better to be sure than sorry. so, what did i learn? Have a plan B ready. Be prepared. Be anxious of nothing! Yeah, right!
now..... need to plan on my moving down to LA.
i got to talk to my boss a while ago and told her about this new job.... she was so cool! she didn't say anything "negative" just yet.... i'll be as cool for now. i'll see.
i am learning so much from this whole thing.
1. before i went to the interview... my friends and i did a mock-interview. they rehearsed me into saying the right things when asked a particular question. you know, those standard interview questions you see in monster.com ---- those "why are you leaving your present job? what are your strengths and weaknesses? why would we want to hire you? if you are an animal, what would you be? what expereiences do you have that qualifies you for this position?" those questions. i have been asked these questions before on phone interviews and most of the time, i fumbled and didn't know what to say. so, we made sure that i'll give the right answers this time. i have never been interviewed that way before. and i've been with the same company for almost 6 years so it's kinda weird for me to be interviewed again. plus, the only way i was interviewed before was thru my portfolio. they never asked me those silly questions before. if they like your work... they don't ask questions. they ask you things about your work, the technical aspect of it... the creative process.
so, i went into the interview ready, really nervous, and anxious. but..... as it turned out, the most difficult question they asked me was, "when can you start?" because, i didn't know exactly when i can start.
2. Waiting for their offer letter proved to be the worst. I lost all hope. I got depressed. I got so anxious. I got frustrated. I got angry at them for not having the courtesy to tell me i didn't get the job anymore. when i finally got it, they apologized for the delay.
3. I got so tensed and scared when i called my boss in manila to tell her about this apparently sad news. Again, it turned out ok.
All in all, I was worried for nothing! I wasted all my energies thinking of the worst things. I got depressed for nothing. But, as my mom would put it..... it's always wise to have a Plan B early on. When i told my friends about how the interview went... and how i laughed about the "practice interview" we had, they said, it's better to be sure than sorry. so, what did i learn? Have a plan B ready. Be prepared. Be anxious of nothing! Yeah, right!
now..... need to plan on my moving down to LA.
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