Tour of My Existence

Last night, after work. Browsing through my mail.
Found interesting job opportunities through Jobstreet.com.
Made me thinking.
Am I capable to attend the interview session.
Am I brave enough to face the interviewers.
Am I confident enough to walk through that door.
Dilemma, I have to attend interviews. Damn.
Aaahhh~it made me realized, it's just like a blind date, once I had before.

Believe it or not, Blind Dates and Interviews have the same criteria.
The mystery. The anxiety. The preparation and not to forget, the Q&A session.

Be prepared for the unexpected. [source]

Clearly, a date and interview are two separate things for that matter.
Two separate things, which have lots in common.
A date involves love and relationship. Interview relates to career and path of life.
However, those two leads to the same goal, a better future.

Honestly, I'm so freak out about interviews. The reason, I'm not confident enough.
Ask me to present anything or give a talk on something.
I can, I know that I could do it, and I'll be confident. But not in interviews.
I'm sure that I'm pretty good in communication, but not in answering.
Answering questions, which I don't have the answers.
I guess, I'm terrified of not knowing.

Well, blind dates and interviews are the same thing. Not sure? Let's see.
If you looked at it clearly, you could see what I mean.
It's all about mystery. No idea, about the other person.
Perhaps, in the case of a blind date, you might have seen your date's picture, maybe in their social network profiles, whether in Facebook or Twitter, but you haven't meet them in person.
This is also true in interviews. You don't have any clue on who your interviewer gonna be.
You don't know their personality and you don't know about their profiles. You just don't know anything about them. But they might know something about you. Therefore, you need to be a quick learner, because the only time for you to get to know them is the time when you are in that room.

However, with all that mystery, you are filled with anxiety. You are eager to meet them, because deep inside you, you know that you must go through it, even though the meetings won't fulfill your needs. Even though the intercourse doesn't reach your expectations. You know, that you just need to know for all that matter.

Filled with anxiety, you must have some preparations.

Can't you imagine when all eyes are on you? [source]

Prepare yourself with useful information. Topics is a must in a date.
No topic. No communication. So, just recall on your "conversation" earlier in the virtual world.
Background check could be done too. To avoid something unexpected that might happen.
In interviews, investigation is a crucial part to a success interview sessions.
Firstly, you must know yourself. Next, you must know about your partner.
You must know about the "common questions". You must know about their portfolio.
You must know about the interviewers. In fact, you must know everything.

Here comes the last part, the D-Day, the Q&A session.
The part I hate love the most. The part where I have to talk.
The part where I have to communicate.
The part where I have to question and answer.
But most of it is to answer.
Which is to express myself. To sell myself. To give them a good first impression.
All that crap about how easy an interview is, in my opinion, it isn't true.
It's stressful, even with detailed preparation.

So, at the end of the day, I realized.
In this life, there is nothing that could quite compare to the anxiety and yet nerve-wrecking situation of having blind dates and interviews, where you just put it all on the line and just do it.
Thus, wish me luck in the upcoming interviews.