Yesterday, I was scheduled to a phone interview for the role of a software engineer intern at Google. I was so excited and thrilled that I decided to skip off college, to prepare for that event. Being at my best while coding, I tried to calm down and got ready for the interview ...
It was 15 mins before the interview, that I started to prepare myself, got my laptop ready, pluged in and had my battery fully charged in case of a power failure, also prepared an internet USB modem, and now I wait. It has already past the time scheduled for the interview. I started to have some doubts, are they gonna call ?! Is the phone working ?! .... Some minutes later, <rings> and here it goes. Voila, here they are, I was so nervous, as I said "Hello!".
It was Mr. Marcin, I was too nervous to remember whether if he told me his full name and I forgot it or not, he asked to contact me, and he sounded very cheerful as he knew it was me. With a very calm, and cheerful tone he said "Relax!", it was the time that I could feel me trembling from top to bottom. A bit by bit, I gained confidence as we went further in the interview, I started to answer his questions a bit by bit, was still a little nervous though. It was only until, he started to ask me to code, that I nearly stopped feeling worried.
Although I wasn't at my best performance, he never seemed even for once that he was bored of my silly mistakes or so, but he stayed calm, with the same friendly cheerful tone, which I greatly appreciated. The conversation stayed for like half an hour, after the call I started to wonder, will I get in?! Would I fail ?! honestly, I've always been a little pessimistic about interviews, having failed in nearly all of them so far.
It was only till today in the morning that I received an e-mail from Google EMEA internship handler, Emma Edwards, that I was unfortunate enough, not to be the best fit for that role. I believe that maybe this was a little disappointing, but on other thoughts, given all what I've heard about 1st years interns, I believe I was so lucky to have reached this far. So, next year, I'll prepare myself even further, and re-apply hopefully, I could do better then.
And as for summer, I guess I have some plans already made, I want to get my driving license, get my ICDL certificate, and finally get done with our compulsory military education. Good Bye for now.
It was 15 mins before the interview, that I started to prepare myself, got my laptop ready, pluged in and had my battery fully charged in case of a power failure, also prepared an internet USB modem, and now I wait. It has already past the time scheduled for the interview. I started to have some doubts, are they gonna call ?! Is the phone working ?! .... Some minutes later, <rings> and here it goes. Voila, here they are, I was so nervous, as I said "Hello!".
It was Mr. Marcin, I was too nervous to remember whether if he told me his full name and I forgot it or not, he asked to contact me, and he sounded very cheerful as he knew it was me. With a very calm, and cheerful tone he said "Relax!", it was the time that I could feel me trembling from top to bottom. A bit by bit, I gained confidence as we went further in the interview, I started to answer his questions a bit by bit, was still a little nervous though. It was only until, he started to ask me to code, that I nearly stopped feeling worried.
Although I wasn't at my best performance, he never seemed even for once that he was bored of my silly mistakes or so, but he stayed calm, with the same friendly cheerful tone, which I greatly appreciated. The conversation stayed for like half an hour, after the call I started to wonder, will I get in?! Would I fail ?! honestly, I've always been a little pessimistic about interviews, having failed in nearly all of them so far.
It was only till today in the morning that I received an e-mail from Google EMEA internship handler, Emma Edwards, that I was unfortunate enough, not to be the best fit for that role. I believe that maybe this was a little disappointing, but on other thoughts, given all what I've heard about 1st years interns, I believe I was so lucky to have reached this far. So, next year, I'll prepare myself even further, and re-apply hopefully, I could do better then.
And as for summer, I guess I have some plans already made, I want to get my driving license, get my ICDL certificate, and finally get done with our compulsory military education. Good Bye for now.
