Great example ! Those who are not in the first 50 definitely need a closure. And this is a great way to look at it positively.
Hope google would put out the list of the first 50 without any more delay. On May 12, 5:35 am, ncsolution <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
