My friends,
Please forgive me for my long absence from Scrapbook-Quotes.com. I am still new to blogging and like so many things, when life intruded upon my plans, I had to re-prioritize for awhile. I do hope it was not too long.
Today, I interviewed for a new job. I am sure many of you can relate to the experience. The sense of apprehension about what questions would be asked, and then once asked, the minor panic going on in the back of you mind as you try to evaluate how best to answer. For the most part, I thought it went well until the end … and that’s where I think I fumbled it. It will be several days before I know if I got the job, but it is clear to me that while I am the front runner in terms of experience and ability, the interviewer also had some clear reservations about how I would fit in.
Sometimes, having all the skills and abilities are not enough. I know my most qualified competitor and he is not at my level of expertise and experience, but he is better liked by people who know us both. I once read somewhere that all too often what matters in an interview is not whether you can do the job, have the qualifications, or even have the education, but whether the interviewer likes you well enough. That concept is foreign to me because I have long been in an environment where merit mattered more in all but the closest of competitions.
No one achieves anything of any significance without the aid of others. So, while I understand the need to build consensus and gain allies in any endeavor, I am nonetheless disappointed in the apparent fact that outstanding service does not matter as much as personal charisma.
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