Now that I figure out how this works :) At first, I'm thinking scores + feedback would be good for both winners and the rest. I meant more is always good right? And we all want more from life :) For winners, it would definitely help with preparing for Phase II, and for the rest...well I'm sure you read previous posts so no need for me to go further.
But then I thought about one of my job interviews about 10 yrs ago. It was a perfect interview I thought. I did everything right, showed up on-time, showered :), answered all questions "correctly". I was even surprise at my energy level, and my enthusiasm at the interview. I even sent thank you note and was so sure I get the job, I almost turn down one previous offer (good thing I'm always slow at making that kind of decision :)). Well I waited 3 days and nothing from the company. Each passing day, my confident went a little south, and my anxiety went up a notch. By the 3rd day, I got upset with the delay and accepted my first offer. Figured if they take that long to respond and didn't keep their promise of calling me in 2 days, it's not a good business to work for anyway. However, deep down, I'm still hopeful that there is some logical reason why they didn't call and totally forgivable. So I called them by the 4th day and left a VM. Well, the 5th day was probably the best day of my life. I got a letter in the mail stating they found somebody else whose better fit the position and will keep my resume in their DB for 6 months. I was pretty upset at first and went through the interview in my head at least 20 times. Still I didn't find any flaw and the experience match perfectly with the job. I guess I was upset of not knowing what went wrong? By dinner time, I calm down a bit and took a different approach. I thought about all the possible things that could have gone wrong. Turned out there were plenty of them. And then, something hit me, what if I get a letter stating the exact reason why I didn't get hired? Would I gracefully accept and move on? Or would I disagree with their opinion and offer a counter? Would it ever end? By the time I go to bed, I realize I learned alot from not knowing the real reason. and I had a much restful sleep that night. I guess I'll have a much restful sleep tonight as well. Btw, I'm in no-way comparing the interview with the hundreds of hours we developer put into this project (although i did spent alot of time preparing for the interview). it's just a small story i wish to offer and hope you get something out of it .. if not .. ohh well...we all want more from life :) On May 12, 2:01 am, ncsolution <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > test message, pls ignore.. i haven't post for a while so just trying > to figure out how to post > > On May 11, 9:54 pm, Hong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > totally agreed. one of the reasons i didn't submit my entries. > > it was unfair since then... > > > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:29 AM, ajd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The unfairness, if there was, started when they extended the original > > > deadline.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
