The end...
I got placed today. I got a job to earn my livelihood and to support my family. I am well-equipped to lead an independent life. Well, apart from these long term effects of getting a job, there are some very crucial short-term gains like no more getting ready early in the morning, no more GDs and interviews full of pretense, no more feelings of rejection, dejection and worthlessness and no more dressing up in formals!
Actually I still can't believe that I got 3 offers today. A girl who couldn't clear 6 rounds of GDs and 2 rounds of interviews, managed to pass through 3 gds and 3 interviews in the 3-day interview process. I never thought I would be able to clear an interview for a bank job (with questions on all fin-related technical stuff)! But I cleared it for 2 banks.
As it has been happened to me in all important stages of life, I don't get what I want very easily, esp. my job. I knew it for sure that as always I would be tasting failure before success. But I wasn't sure of how long would this phase of failure last. It wasn't easy for me to reject my pre-placement offer and sit for the placements as PPO was obviously an easy way out (seeing the kind of competition I was going to face on campus). I took a calculated risk and decided to look for some good brands and some industry exposure rather than getting into KPO.
It actually becomes difficult to console friends who are yet to achieve their goals. If you try to motivate them, you are somehow not taken as genuine. And truly the other party cannot be blamed for this. After 2 days of unsuccessful attempts to get placed, I felt completely miserable and helpless. I was tired of hearing others' words of sympathy. I didn't feel like talking to anyone and went inside my own cocoon. But thankfully the next day, I found myself re-energized for a new battle.
Many people might not get the right job or the right industry or the desirable location that suits them. But at the end of the day, you just need some peace of mind and a sense of satisfaction that you are doing something meaningful for yourself and your family. After trying hard enough for what you want, it is all about accepting whatever you get in life and moving ahead.
Actually I still can't believe that I got 3 offers today. A girl who couldn't clear 6 rounds of GDs and 2 rounds of interviews, managed to pass through 3 gds and 3 interviews in the 3-day interview process. I never thought I would be able to clear an interview for a bank job (with questions on all fin-related technical stuff)! But I cleared it for 2 banks.
As it has been happened to me in all important stages of life, I don't get what I want very easily, esp. my job. I knew it for sure that as always I would be tasting failure before success. But I wasn't sure of how long would this phase of failure last. It wasn't easy for me to reject my pre-placement offer and sit for the placements as PPO was obviously an easy way out (seeing the kind of competition I was going to face on campus). I took a calculated risk and decided to look for some good brands and some industry exposure rather than getting into KPO.
It actually becomes difficult to console friends who are yet to achieve their goals. If you try to motivate them, you are somehow not taken as genuine. And truly the other party cannot be blamed for this. After 2 days of unsuccessful attempts to get placed, I felt completely miserable and helpless. I was tired of hearing others' words of sympathy. I didn't feel like talking to anyone and went inside my own cocoon. But thankfully the next day, I found myself re-energized for a new battle.
Many people might not get the right job or the right industry or the desirable location that suits them. But at the end of the day, you just need some peace of mind and a sense of satisfaction that you are doing something meaningful for yourself and your family. After trying hard enough for what you want, it is all about accepting whatever you get in life and moving ahead.
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