Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Disastrous

God. The first phone interview went alright. 50 mins on the phone, I thought I almost lost it. There were couple mistakes like how I got their revenue wrong and etc. But there were also highlights. The interviewer actually stopped in the middle and made a special long remark on how good I answered one of her questions. She said my response was one of the only few excellent ones. So I guess that is a big plus.

However, right after I hang up with her and being happy and all. I got another call from a company that specializes in private equity mergers and acquisition which is something I really want to do. The guy really caught me off guard and asked me if I can do a phone interview. I said yes. His first question was "how much do you know about our company". I actually don't even remember which company it was. I only vaguly remembered that I did apply something like that. I panicked. My IE wasn't up and I couldn't leave him hanging there and I DEFINITE CANNOT make things up. So I had to just say the truth. I said that due to my recruiting schedules that I haven't done much research on the company and I apologize for it. AWKWARD. DISASTROUS.

Despite the fact that this one might be the one that I like the most, I don't count on it even a bit anymore. Even though I answered the rest very smoothly, he didn't sound as interested. He said he would forward the responses to the senior recruiter who will then make a decision whether or not to bring me in. That is wonderful. He probably put a gigantic "IDIOT" on the page. Sigh... stupid me. This is a major blow....

Anyways, I am heading off now. god fucking damn this shit...

5 comments:

J.R. said...

Major suckage, bro. You just have to make sure you've got Google revved up any time you answer the phone... Haha. You'll find something awesome, man. I believe it.

Nothing Golden Stays

JUSTIN said...

You'll get 'em next time man.

mstpbound said...

well, don't despair yet. they might really appreciate your candor and honesty? :/

jay said...

Dude relax. Unless it's like a well known company, many companies expect that you know very little about them.

It's weird that he didn't mention the company he worked for when he was calling. Did he?

Hamilton said...

thanks guys.

he did mention lol. I just really have no idea exactly how big they are and where they are located. apparently they do MnA deals. sigh.

Anyways, thx for the comments u guys are the best :p~~