Ok, I had to rant. I just had to. Because it’s not over yet and I’m already annoyed. What am I talking about? Grad Apps.
For anyone in the penultimate year of uni, this is a very real, very horrible experience. It requires you to sound like a complete arrogant twit and spout great things about yourself which may or may not be complete exaggerations of the truth. Unfortunately, I was not born a liar. Or an embellisher. Pretty much, I tell it like it is. So it’s really hard to sit here and think of answers to the following questions:
- Describe your most memorable moment in the last 12 months
- Describe a big sacrifice you made to achieve a goal
- Describe a time you believe you inspired others
- Describe your favourite team environment and why
- Describe an opportunity you identified and took advantage of in the last 2 years
- Describe a time in the last 2 years when you pushed the boundaries to deliver outstanding results
- Describe a time in the last 2 years when you won others over to your way of thinking
Honestly! I don’t care if I work in a team environment or not, I’ll deal with it. And I’ll also do what it takes to get the job done. I don’t care if people think like me, as long as they’re doing a good job. And I’m hoping my most memorable moment will be clobbering my computer to bits in a fit of rage over answering another question about myself. Except that, if I have no job, then I can’t afford to buy a new computer. Shame really.
Yes, the pressure is getting to me. No, I don’t really care what this says about me. No, I don’t know what I want to do in the next week let alone the next three years. Really, I’d like to never have to study again in my lifetime.
*sigh*. I just want them over with so I can wait for the rejection e-mails to come in. I really gotta stop them getting to me.