So... I think I had an OK interview, but in the end it wasn't a good news I was hoping for. I'm disappointed a little, but meh I'll find a job eventually. Still, this experience made me realize how much of an art the whole interviewing thing is. I've talked to 2 different people from the same company prior to going there for an on-site interview, first with a fresher who worked there for about a year or two, then with the hiring manager. First guy was sorta know-it-all person who pfft-ed at me for taking SCJP, and told me he was preparing for it but has not yet taken it. I told him I took SCJP as a general proof that I know Java. Not even 2 seconds after I finished that sentence, he started firing me all these java question, which I answered all except for one. He then pointedly said "that was one of the SCJP exam question!" what the.. if you know that much, why don't you sit that exam already.... He prolly thought I was too book-nerdy for an interview, and I wasn't invited to even the phone interview then. I talked to the second person, the hiring manager, about 2 months after that incident, when they came back for another job fair on campus. I handed him my CV, talked for about 10 mins, about my working experience and my specialization at graduate school. What happens then? He skipped me the phone interview and I jumped on the plane to their on-site interview. I didn't get an offer in the end, but the whole thing just clearly shows that there is no set metric or guideline for interviews, just depends on who you talk to... I mean I don't think I got that smart in that 2-month time... Also, all these recommendation about how to appear interested and prepared and smart by repeating some phrases like "I believe I will make a great contribution to your company blahhhh" are, in my opinion, really just bs. Interviewer is a person, I am a person, and both are looking for a match. Would I ever talk like I just jumped out of a textbook? How is that ever representative of an individual? I don't know, I just don't understanding why an interview should be a "show" according to all these "interview tips" that I found on the internet.
And on a completely separate note, about my radioactivity... I went to the local hospital to do some more testing on my hyperthyroidism for which I took a radioactive iodine tablet, waited 24 hours, and measured how much of it was absorbed into my system. And then I was injected with some other form of possibly radioactive material, waited 15 minutes and took the radioactivity picture of some sort... I'll have to wait until next week to find out what that all means though. Being tired all the time is getting really tired. I actually canceled one of the final exam because I just couldn't sit down and read 12 papers, understand them, and regurgitate what was on there. It was my fault that I didn't read them on time but seeing how I had this condition for almost 2 months now, I don't think I will be able to read them even if I had time. It feels like that nothing seems to be recording in my brain almost, I feel a little dumb too @_@. Arrgghh few more weeks and I'll be home for a summer Christmas.
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