waaahhhh! a bum's first job interview part 2

part 2.

"flor angela malabonga". my name was called. nauna ako kay chinny...we said our goodlucks to each other and go nako sa interviewer.
her name was jade mallari (MELAI KAMAG ANAK MO ATA). she was pretty. she looked nice. i mean i was expecting someone masungit. hehehe....we shook hands. my hand was ice cold. i saw her na medyo nagulat.
sabi nya i shouldn't be nervous and "just relax" because she was "pretty nice". she said that a lot sa interview. heller... THIS WAS MY FIRST EVER EVER JOB INTERVIEW. and i didn't have any clue sa mga mangyayari or mga tatanong!

the following are what happened sa interview..excerpts na lang medyo lutang kc ako nun kaya malabo ung iba...hehehehe

describe yourself.
ok...sabi ko i came from a large family blah blah blah...and i like meeting new people.

and then i found myself comparing nursing and being a call center agent (i forgot what tanung nya)... and telling her na when i was deciding what to pursue sa college, i was chosing between advertising and nursing, and i got accepted sa nursing so ok din...(hey totoo un ha)...basta kc sa nursing you get to meet and talk to people, much like a call center agent...nde nga lang face to face. pero san pa ba ako kukuha ng isasagot kundi sa nursing? it was my life for 4 years. anyway...buti na lang,...my dad's a marketing manager ( marketing background- plus points), and i think plus points din ung working experience ko as computer artist (summer job 2004).
ahhhh...my mind was soooo...um...naalog! hehe
next part...
finishing sentences...
naalala ko lang ung weakness part... wala aku masagot...kc sabi ko i try not to focus on my weaknesses...but i had to give an answer...sabi ko na lang family problems...it gets to me pretty badly sometimes :)
chaka alam ko may sinagot ako na parang when things are against the odds...I PRAY. ye baby! hehehehe
anu pa ba? kccc it was pretty fast... i was able to answer ung iba kaagad... and she kept saying "good good".
next part ata...
comic strips. waaahhh... hmm ok naman ako dun sa una...pro nabubulol na...goodness...sa sobrang kaba ko natuyuan nako ng laway! chaka anu ba tohhhh sabi ko sa sarili ko...buti na lang nakarecharge ang utak ko ng onti while being a bum! analysis galore!
naala ko lang cnabi ko..." uhmmmm...he's wearing a typical vendor's outfit..." chaka she kept reminding me na i have to answer in complete sentences...kulit ko kc....:)
so read naman isang parang "script"...
i TRIED...oh goodness i tried to liven up my voice... parang inaantok kc ako magbasa...hehe i guess success! sabi lang nya... "try to improve your rolling "r" and soften up your vowels..." okeiiiii.....hehehe... matagal tagal na rin kc na hindi aku nageenglish ya know :)
soo anu nga ba nangyari after?
uh...ah lunchbreak! she gave me a laminated something, basta sa isang side there were 2 pictures and sa isang side products naman na i have to sell daw. i have to choose only one.
"comeback at one thirty. is it ok?" ok na ok.
waaahhh pangit nung feeling ng nde pa tapos...nde aku nakakain...i ate 5 french fries and finished up my sprite. and that was it. i thnk natatawa saken c chinny kc natutulala ako. kc seriously...nagulat lang ako sa mga pangayayari. i mean, it was a new experience!
so we tried to write a "script" for selling a septic tank cleaner (uhm parang ganun?)(huwaaaatttt)
and nagisip na rin ng story for that sad man :)

so 1:30 na...here i come!
pasok ako. gosh.. sabi ko sa sarili ko ayoko naaaaah!!! bakit ako pinapahirapan ng tadhana (hahahaha)
i screwed up the story.
i screwed up the sales talk. --> naka take 3 akooooo
i think sobrang kabado kc ako... but the interviewer was really nice...kc first timer cgro ako :)
so natapos na.
she said i was creative. (for the story) kahit na i screwed up a bit.
she said i should be assertive and i should establish rapport first etc etc -->sounds familiar nurses? :)
eh kcccc.... ang hirap naman magbenta ng septic tank cleaner nooohhhh....
sabi nya panu daw ung callers who curse etc... sabi ko therapeutic communication! of course! hahahaha nurse na nurse pa din.. pasensya :)

ung iba pag naaalala ko na lang ulit :)
so she said i was pretty good as a first timer (*big smileeee*) and she gave me tips for the final interview.
wow. work.
parang kelan lang.. i was whining kc i hated boredom.

hay i guess it must be the killer shoes. that nearly killed my feet (that pointed white shoes i wore sa grad) (chinny: nu kaba! NO PAIN, NO GAIN!)

or the killer outfit (must be that pink belt ribboned nicely) :)

or the killer pink things i brought (pink wallet, pink bag, pink extra shirt, pink comb...)

or maybe its because prayers are really the best!


so far so goood! work work work.
one more hurdle and im off to work. HOPEFULLY. :)

super thanks chinny! i labs ya! sana makuha tau dalawa! chaka...cute naman talaga c cutie guy ehhhh...astig nga sha ehhhh....
it was nice sharing this new experience with ya. promise.