Assalamualaikum and hi everyone!
I hope you guys are having a great day today.
So the other day, I got to attend my first ever formal job interview with this one company. It is a 2:1 interview session where there is 2 panels of interviewer, and only me as the interviewee at that moment. During the session, one of the interviewer said that I was the last candidates of the day. Knowing myself, that fact kind of making me feels discouraged as the benchmark is already set. But nevermind, life must go on!
It was a fruitful session, I can say. I learn a lot from the interviewer especially on how to ensure I exposed myself more with bravery in embracing the opportunity given to me. It is a waste if we didnt actually taking advantage and fully utilizing whatever comes to us in order to polish ourself to be come better.
I am glad that I got to attend the interview session though it was a very short duration. There is this one question that makes me re-think and re-evaluate myself. It is "if you are given the choices to choose between doing marketing and selling, or be at the back office as in the administration and whatnot, which one will you choose?" I only gave a short answer. But I think it could be a stage for me to express myself more. It happened, anyway.
After quite some times, it makes me think back about what I had experienced back then when I was the cinema crew at GSCCLM. It is true that I prefer to be at the back, instead of interacting with many, many people. But, I dont want to be at the back forever. During the earlier days of me working as cinema crew, I was assigned to handle front counter in which providing customer services and entertaining customer's inquiry is our main job. It is frustrating that, for quite some times, I didnt performed well, as well as I am expected to, yet my superior still asked me to be at the front.
I am always reluctant whenever I am asked to be at the front. I always think that I cant do it. But, since it is part of my job, I pushed myself to do it. Day by day, I can say that I'm not performing well. My biggest mistake is that I didnt achieve the sales target. If you asked me, I do asked my colleague and my superior, how should I do it, how to convince the customer to buy it? I really did what they told me to do in order to improve myself. For example, to observe how the top achiever do it. I tried to follow, yet I still failed. It is demotivating that I do not receive proper guidance on how and what should I do. Do you know how frustrating it is that you keep on thinking how are you supposed to perform everyday? Before you come to work, after you get off your work. Every single day, yet you still failed?
Despite all this, me being myself, I still follow what they asked me to do and didnt voiced out my frustration. If I could turn back time, I wish I will be more brave to ask them on how should I improve myself especially when I am in the front. Even be more brave to voice out whatever that is not satisfy me.
Back to the interview session, I believe in Allah. Kalau Dia kata, itu rezeki aku to build my career and myself, Alhamdulillah. I will take that opportunity to polish myself, enhance my knowledge and skills. On top of all, to build myself to be a better me in the future. Kalau bukan rezeki, I am glad that enough that I get to that stage, which is the interview itself. I'm glad that I get to meet the interviewers, someone with much experiences compared to me. I believe I do learn something from there. Thank you, Puan Fadzilah and Encik Aziz.
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