The most traumatic job interview I ever had happened yesterday. From my previous blog, I had mentioned there that I am applying for a Java Programmer position in a certain company and I was invited to come back yesterday for the job interview after passing the series of exam. Hoping that the interview will not take that long and not that harsh to me, I came back to that company with full of confidence (since I was able to pass the exams which I think the hardest part for the employment process there.)
Since I was scheduled for 9:30am job interview, I arrived there in the office 30 minutes before the scheduled time for me to be really prepared (even though it was raining so hard that day). Actually, three of us were scheduled for the interview, including the other applicant who also took the exam on the same day when I took the exam, and the other guy which I think he took the exam ahead of us. Then, the HR came to the reception area where we were waiting and called the name of the applicant who first arrived in the office. I came second in the office so I was scheduled for the next interview with the HR. After a while, the HR then arrived in the reception area and called my name for interview indicating that she was done interviewing the first applicant. At that point, I didn't felt being nervous or tensed at all maybe because, the HR was really nice and calm and somehow, I was able to conquer that fear from my previous job interviews from other companies.
We headed to a certain room right beside the room where I took the exam, and then there's no other person there except for myself and the HR. After a while, the interview had started. Well, the interview with the HR had just became a normal conversation asking me about things I had included in my resume as well as other personal things. I think, the entire interview just lasted for about 15 minutes and then instructed me to answer again the 9th item from yesterday's aptitude exam (I just don't know why...)
After giving a sheet of paper and the questionnaire, she instructed me to answer that item in the same room where I took the exam yesterday. When I entered the room, there were also some new applicants answering the exam and I also found there the first applicant who was also called for the interview. Just like me, the other applicant was also told to answer a certain item from yesterday's exam. As I was answering the problem, I actually heard the interview of the HR with the third applicant from the same room where I was interviewed. I just found out that the conversation was actually heard by other applicants taking the exam, so I felt shy because everyone else in the room was actually listening too when I was interviewed by the HR. But then, I continued answering the exam, and submitted it after I was done. I was then told to return to the reception area to for another interview but this time with one of the managers of that company. We had waited in the reception area for almost an hour and then the HR came back informing us the manager can only accommodate to interview the first applicant since the manager was some kind of busy that time. The HR then advised me and the other applicant to take our lunch and to come back at 1pm.
Since I wanted to finish this entire "interview" thing, I headed back to the office 10 minutes before 1pm. There I have to wait again for my name to be called for the interview. After few minutes, the other applicant had also arrived. Again, we waited for about half an hour before the HR approached me that their manager was now ready for an interview with me. I came to the same room where I was interviewed by the HR where the manager was already there. Thinking that the whole interview will be also fine just like with the HR interview, so I entered the room with full of confidence. Then the interview with the manager had started.
At first, the interview with the manager was still fine, I mean he was just asking me personal things about me... but there was something different, the manager was actually making weird gestures and was very slow in asking me questions. As if, he was showing me that he was not really interested to interview me and was actually showing me that he just spent his time for nothing. As the interview goes on, I had remembered that some interviewers were actually just like this and they were just distracting the applicants with their intimidating gestures. At the back of my mind, this interview will not be an easy one so I kept myself focused. I still even tried answering his questions and tried relieving myself from the intimidating gestures of the manager. As the interview progressed, he started to ask me complicated questions, usually scenario-questions that will require for answers if what will I'm going to do if I had encountered some specific situations. But then, his questions require specific words or specific phrase. He don't even want answers with the same thought with his expected answers. And since, I personally admit that I really keep on talking a lot of things for me to explain my answers, he even told me that I was being talkative already and he just wanted to hear a word from me. By that time, I felt being so down after saying those words to me. What's more even worst, was I wasn't able to get some of his questions and their were times that I even answered different things which he always pointing out that I didn't answered his questions. I really tried my best to really cope up, but at that point, I was totally lost in the interview, as if I was in nowhere. At that time, all I want was to finish the interview with that "monster" and leave that place as soon as possible. After almost an hour of interview with the manager, he finally stopped the interview. Of course, by showing respect and gratitude to him, I still thanked him for his time and efforts, but deep inside, I felt disappointed and crushed into pieces. Without second thoughts, I hurriedly went out from that room and then approached the HR asking her if can I leave already. Still the HR has been so nice to me and told me that I can go already and she will be calling me if ever I passed the interview. But I don't want to expect a lot, with that disappointed face of that manager, I couldn't think of any positive response from him. I couldn't see any possibility that the HR will still call me for the job offer. Well, after this mentally-torturing interview, it even thought me that worst things like this really happens in real world and at least, I tried my best to defend myself from that corporate-world monster (just kidding!)..
>>looking at the bright side<<
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