I have gone through many failures in my life that I can no longer keep track of them. For instance, I wasn’t able to get into my dream college and I wasn’t able to get a scholarship that I worked so hard on. After each and every one of these events I felt so miserable, that I deemed myself an utter failure each time. Although I felt miserable, this did not stop me from leaving it behind and moving on.
Recently, I was unfortunately rejected by an institutional organization at my college. This was the first organization I was applying to since I started my college education and it presented me with a challenge that I had never had to go through before. It was an “interview.” After I took the interview, I discovered that I had terrible interview skills.
After a miserable weekend of wallowing about the rejection, I picked up the pieces and applied to another organization, but this organization had three different interview processes that the applicants had to go through. This time, I knew I had to get help. So I decided to research interviewing tips and make an appointment for a mock interview with my school’s career office. The mock interview turned out to be the most beneficial because the interview was taped, and this gave me the opportunity to look back at my mistakes. The interviewer also showed me my weak points and told me how to improve them.
Today, I took my first interview for the second organization, and I walked out of the interview room with a brightest smile you could imagine. So if you fail at anything, remember that failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
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