Will I Get It? Part I
” Well guess what, about 20 minutes after my second application was sent,
unbelievably I received a reply asking for my full CV. Hahaha, that
must be a joke, I told myself at the point I saw the email, but part of
me was happy too. So I took some time to look through my funny German
CV, and sent to them, hoping that somehow, somewhere, someone or
something will like it… (will continue about this job next week).” Taken from my previous entry - I worked yesterday!
Ok, so like I promised, I am here to tell the rest of the story…
After a few more minutes came another email, curious, the lady
wanted to know why on earth am I applying for the position, as she didn’t see
anything related to the field of Tourism in my CV. By the way, the position I applied for is ‘Practikum beim Sprachreiseveranstalter’, direct translation to English will be - practical for language travel organiser (funny ehh?). I forward the email
from her to Vik, Vik said it’s a very typical German reply, because people here
are not like me (with my simply hentam attitude), Germans are very particular
about things. If you want to work in the field of Tourism, you must study
Tourism. Your studies will determine what job you can get.
I was nervous, I didn’t know how to reply. It is either I replied in a way
which sounds like I am begging for the job, or I can be a bit ‘LC’ (very proud
in Cantonese, if you know what I mean) , tell them Psychology graduates are
able to work in every field that sort of stuff (isn’t it true? hahaha). Well, my reply
to her questions was answered in English, because I thought it was time for her
to know that I am not really that good in German. The last sentence of the
letter goes like this ‘ If you are convinced, I am ready for an interview’. So on Monday afternoon, the reply was sent, and all I can do after that was just wait…
And they really made me wait… Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (didn’t really wait on this day, cause I was in Frankfurt promoting Basmati rice :p). After work Vik drove me home. I switched on the pc, and as usual clicked on my Firefox, and then there was a reply from the lady. Anxious, I clicked to read the message… hahahahaha (I felt like the world must be crazy), she invited me for an interview! Man, I might as well go and buy Lotto, such a lucky week for me! Still excited, I replied and an appointment was made on the next Monday 1pm…
Today is Tuesday, so the interview was yesterday. My first job interview in Germany, I can’t describe how anxious I was (Vik was even more anxious than me, hahaha). The weather was not too good, it rained, made me felt kind of moody too. To cut the long story short, I can only say that I have tried my best. It was not really good, I have no problem understanding them, yet I could not express myself very well in German, so I used English (quite rojak). I did not impressed them, I think. Well, I have nothing to loose, in fact I earned myself a new experience, cool ya :p Anyway, they will let me know if they are going to take me or not by this week. So, I will have to wait again, but will I get it? I am hoping for the best, and preparing for the worst… (to be continued)
