Meanings Redefined
Enthusiasm / Passion:
The feeling which shows when you are literally shouting in a group discussion
and making sure you are heard and may be the only one heard.
Fear: Once upon a
time it was about darkness, ghosts, fear of height etc. Now fear is the feeling
you experience when you are in round 3 of company A and you know you haven’t performed
very well for round 1 of company B and you are in this mess after you have
rejected offer from Company C and cannot go for its walk-in again …Damn !!!
Wait: This is the
worst …... it’s the feeling when you know you are rejected and you still wait
the company to inform you formally.
Confusion: When
you have 5 shortlists and you don’t know which one to concentrate on and then
you have 3 converts and you don’t know which one to take.
Irritation: When
there are 100 shortlists with a condition of mandatory case study submission and
on same day, people who have submitted case study are interviewed at 10 p.m.
while those who didn’t submit the case study are interviewed at 10 a.m.
Instability: You
were cribbing till the end that you don’t have just 2 shortlists, that life is
not fair etc etc. and then you convert one. Now you tell your friend “Abbey
Chill yeaaaa Day 2 has even better companies, better offers” - Gurrrrrrr – what
were you crying for then.
Profile Misfit:
This is a homonym.
1. ------. Out of 290 applications you were honored with
the status of “Application shortlisted”. When you walk into the interview and say hello,
interviewer gives you a cold look and then says “Sorry, but the profile doesn't fit well. OR sorry, the work ex is not enough”
2. -----You don’t go for lunch and may be you don’t even
go to pee because what if there was a call for round 3??? And yippee you get a
call for round 3 and round 4 and DING !! “Sorry, after 4 rounds and 5 hours of
conversation we just realized suddenly your profile was a misfit. Ok bye.”
Victory: You receive
the offer for one of the most coveted jobs with salary TBD
Frustration:
Navneet Kaur now writing this post.
Peace: Navneet
Kaur tomorrow – back to pavilion
great read! :)
ReplyDeleteNavneet, what do you call it when you get a shortlist almost 20 days prior to the interview date, and just a day before the interview they tell you "sorry boss, that was a mistake and that role was no longer available" :p
ReplyDeleteHanji ....'They' would call it a petty mistake ...........but in meanings redefined we will call it Torture :P. Wait till we get a chance to inflict some on them.
DeleteNavneet I feel the most annoying comment by someone who made it to Day 1 was "Abbey Chill yeaaaa Day 2 has even better companies, better offers”..
ReplyDeleteAnd I feel like saying "Dude, don't bother. No one decides my fate except me!! Piss off
haha...I can so relate to this one...Had the same experience last year. Worst was when the person who gets your dream job comments "Mereko to chahiye hi nahi thi..mana kar doonga"
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