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If Only We Expected to Succeed As Much As We Expect to Fail
A lesson learned when I fumbled an opportunity to have my dream job
The phone rang
It was the call I had been waiting for
I was fresh out of graduate school with a Masters in Instructional Design.
I applied for a position at one my dream companies…Deloitte.
Most of my career had been in the financial industry.
My first job was at a mortgage company as a file clerk.
Roles that followed were administrative and customer service jobs for banks and non-bank financial companies.
I really wanted the role.
I prepared well, interviewed well and then I had to wait for the decision.
Waiting is the hardest part.
You rehearse everything you said, picking it apart and critiquing yourself.
So as I looked at the phone ringing, I stopped breathing for a sec.
Oh my God, it’s the recruiter.
I answered.
The recruiter asked me how did I think the interview went. (Why do they always ask that?).
