Yesterday I had an interview for an internship position, and I'm not really sure how it went. I usually feel that I do pretty well at interviews. I'd like to consider myself a good conversationalist and an honest, open person. But yesterday some of the questions were hard. The two that were the most challenging for me were something like this:
- Describe a time of failure and how you dealt with it.
- What would be your ideal/perfect job/career?
Normally at interviews we try to focus on our strengths and positive qualities, not our weaknesses. I'm not perfect by any means, but I seriously struggled to think of some sort of "failure." And then, for the second question, I said "honestly? A singer. American Idol winner actually..." Because that is what I would do if I could. I think he appreciated this answer but later went back to the question and was like "but seriously, aside from the American Idol thing... what would you want to do?" I explained some areas that interest me, like journalism, P.R., and Spanish, but the truth is I don't know. I know a lot of college students don't know what they want to do with their lives, but I just feel like I should by now. I will be graduating in just a little over a year and it's really stressing me out! I think that I am pretty driven and ambitious, but I guess I just don't have an ideal job or position. Maybe I should create my own..
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