Today was the day I was supposed to attend an interview fora
Computer Assistant position. At first i think nothing of it because
I thought the interview shouldn't be too hard, after all, all my
past interviews weren't that difficult. So I went to it, feeling
confident that I might get that job because from the e-mails that
we have exchanged, the person who is supposed to be employing me
seemed eager to hire someone for that job.
At first it went alright. He asked me some questions about when I
would be available for work, asked me about some of my past
experiences and told me some of the job descriptions. Just when I
thought it was almost over, another two guys walked into the room
with papers in their hand. One of them was carrying this huge
box.
The guy who has been interviewing me looked at me and said,"Now
let's begin our interview."
I was shocked. I thought it has almost come to an end! He started
taking out gadgets from inside of the box and most of them are
things I have never seen before. He fished out a grey box-like
thing that look to me almost like an external hard drive that I had
once used. He asked me what the thing was. I told him it might be
an external hard drive, but I was not sure since it was empty
except for a few plugholes. He didn't answer me. Then he proceeded
to ask me what went into the holes in the box. I was stunned for a
long time. I had 3 people staring at me, waiting for an answer. At
that moment, I really felt like digging a hole in the floor and
disappearing into it.
After that he showed me another box. This one is very heavy and it
is made of metal. He told me it was almost the same as the first
one. I really had no idea what it was. So I told him that. By that
time I had already lost all hope that I would ever get that job.
After that he showed me a phone and asked me the frequency of the
phone. Turned out that it was written really, really small on the
back of the phone but I managed to detect that. I felt so relieved
when he told me the interview was over. And yea, the first gadget
he showed me was an external hard drive. He didn't tell me just to
freak me out *sigh*
I felt stupid after that interview. I wish I had not gone for it. I
mean, I am already a junior in Computer Science and there are still
so much things I do not know. How would I make it out there in 2
years time? I would be unemployed because no employer would want to
hire someone who has no idea what a TCIP was. By the way, that was
another question he asked me which I blanked out.
I felt like Becky in Confessions of a Shopaholic, when she went for
an interview and was forced to speak Finnish when she didn't know
how to. God, I felt dumb. And extremely worried about my future.
Anyone knows of any hardware book that is good so that I can read
and gain knowledge on this? *sigh*
i.c.y
