A Million-Peso Road Block

Disclaimer: This post does not intend to ridicule or insult any company or any person. This is just an outlet of my frustration. If you don’t want to read any negativity, quickly scroll down, or hit the hide button.

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It was the best interview I’ve had since internship. I got nervous because it was a panel and I was not informed beforehand. Surprisingly though, I handled it really well. (I’ve had some pretty bad interviews prior so I think I know what a good interview, on my part, really is.) Question after question, I was cruising, hitting those babies *plok* right out of the ballpark. I felt really assertive on giving my answers and never felt so good about my performance in a job interview. When they made me choose between loyalty and integrity, after defending my answer, I felt like they wanted to give me a standing ovation. And, this was the only interview where I made my interviewees laugh so hard; in a good way it is. And it was a panel for crying out loud! Until this one particular question came up…