The Interview
I ought to have blogged last night right after that crappy post. But I was so pissed with someone that I just go offline. I’m not pissed because I wasn’t asked out to hang out. I just felt left out. But I was really pissed when that asshole was so fucking indifferent towards how I felt. And I thought we were quite close…
Whatever… Anyways,
I had an interview yesterday with IOI in Putrajaya. I guess you can say that place is beautiful in a secluded kind of way. Well, if you can see pass the undergoing construction that is.
Anyways, I was interviewed by non-other than the Dr Lim who used to work in UCSI. I don’t know what went into my mind. I was quite lost when I went into IOI Resort. I couldn’t find the lab!
So I was like stopping at every guard house and asking every guard I see and I got directed to this dirt road that looked like it needs years of renovation. The guards keep saying go through the green gate and you’ll see a building on your left. I kept looking for a green gate but all I saw was a rusted gate. Maybe it used to be green but it’s definitely brown now.
So since that’s the only gate I saw, I turned in. And started looking for the building. I kept turning and reversing and turning and reversing until I can’t tahan and went up to one of the bungalow like buildings in there and knocked.
"Excuse me, may I know where is the Lab?"
The lady at the desk told me: "This is the lab"
What? But it looked more like a house?!
But of course I didn’t say that out loud. Instead, the muddle headed me blurted out: "Um, I have an appointment with…" Shit I was stuck! Who was I supposed to meet. Then I made a face and said "Ms Lim? No no. Madam Lim." I thought I got it right.
Then the lady at the desk asked: "You mean DOCTOR Lim?"
Ooow! There goes my first impression. Anyway, if it was embarassing, she didn’t show it. Instead she asked me where I was from. So I told her. She must not have caught what I said or she had no idea what UCSI meant. So she asked: "Are you the consultant?"
I almost choked. Which part of me look like a consultant? You would expect a consultant to look older and more experience, not someone that looks like a lost kid from Neverland. And it just seemed like I’m in more need of consultation than her.
Anyways, after everything’s over, the interview began. I doubt Dr. Lim ever wanted to take me in. Almost every sentence she said she ended with: "Since we are under construction now… Bla Bla Bla"
If not because of my dad whose business partner is a friend of IOI’s boss I doubt Dr Lim would even wanna talk to me, let alone let me work there. I don’t really wanna work there either. It’s not my interest to do plant tissue culture. But I don’t have any choice. I hadn’t gotten any offer from anywhere. Well, except in Ipoh which I was dying to go if only my mum will open the cage and let me fly.
Sigh. I know I should cross my fingers now. But whether for me getting the job at IOI or not getting the job, I’m not sure. Coz if I got it, I won’t have to worry for the next two months. But then it’ll be damn boring…
