Such a small small world

astina

Many years ago I worked in a bank for 3 months as a temp – my first attempt to move from academic to commercial. It was one of the several jobs I did in Australia but the experience helped a lot as the initial breakthrough to industry.

Three months ago, I kicked off another attempt which finally led to my current role. During that round of job hunting, an agent referred me to a potential employer for an interview. When I arrived there, I found the interviewer somewhat familiar to me though I couldn’t recall where I saw this man before. I have always been hopeless in remembering people’s faces.

The interview began and I was asked to go through my resume briefly, as usual. When it came to the temp job at the bank, the interviewer asked quite many questions, such as job duties, to whom I reported, at which level of building I worked and etc. I found it a bit unusual as it was only a temp job for 3 months and that was several years ago. Other interviewers just had me briefly mention that as they were more interested in more recent experience.

Finally the interviewer said to me: you know what? I worked there as well at that time on the same floor and I recognised you the minute you came into this room. OMG! I guess that as a temporary staff there were too many new faces to me while for others it was quite easy to identify the new comers, esp. Asians.

I didn’t get job at the end. The agent rang to tell me the bad news an hour before I got the offer of my current role. I was not surprised though I believe I performed quite well in the interview. Could it have something to do with the fact that my would-be boss had been my colleague before? I don’t know. All I can say is that this is such a small small world!

double_fish

同感。
我的mj就刚刚碰上以前在国内共事过的同事，也是刚来墨尔本定居。

不潇不洒

不是说可以打中文了吗？汗........

astina

inputking词组有限，一个一个字敲，太多字了

astina  在 2005-6-24 05:08 PM 发表:

inputking词组有限，一个一个字敲，太多字了

以后大家集资给 AS买个语音输入的就好办了，咔咔~~

溪霓冬雪

难道说就是因为认识，才不要你的吗？

lamoshi

害怕被属下的给比下去吧。。。

溪霓冬雪

lamoshi  在 2005-6-24 05:14 PM 发表:

害怕被属下的给比下去吧。。。

哈哈，AS JJ太优秀了！

小米

若干年前,我在玉龙雪山上被人用雪球砸了一下,那个粗心的陌生人竟然是我在上海的一个男朋友以前在北京的同事. 是不是任何两个人,拐几道弯,都能有相通的地方?
呵呵.

我爱猫

小米  在 2005-6-24 17:30 发表:

若干年前,我在玉龙雪山上被人用雪球砸了一下,那个粗心的陌生人竟然是我在上海的一个男朋友以前在北京的同事. 是不是任何两个人,拐几道弯,都能有相通的地方?
呵呵.

小米有几个男朋友的说..

小米

我爱猫  在 2005-6-24 05:33 PM 发表:

小米有几个男朋友的说..

男的朋友简称男朋友, 你说的那种统称我家猪头

我爱猫

晕, 我还以为我才被我哥叫猪头..

maribel

astina  在 2005-6-24 16:50 发表:

Many years ago I worked in a bank for 3 months as a temp – my first attempt to move from academic to commercial. It was one of the several jobs I did in Australia but the experience helped a lot a ...

Did the agent advise what caused your failure at the interview whose interviewer met you before? I thought the interview was quite successful when I read that your interviewer knew you.

小米

我爱猫  在 2005-6-24 05:35 PM 发表:

晕, 我还以为我才被我哥叫猪头..

猪头这个名字好,既不担心叫错人, 又可应用自如, 拔高半调可显出威严和表达愤怒, 放软声音便显得亲热无比,嘿嘿,经典称呼啊

maribel

我爱猫  在 2005-6-24 17:35 发表:

晕, 我还以为我才被我哥叫猪头..

我哥 －Do you mean your bro or your hubby in here?

我爱猫

小米  在 2005-6-24 17:41 发表:

猪头这个名字好,既不担心叫错人, 又可应用自如, 拔高半调可显出威严和表达愤怒, 放软声音便显得亲热无比,嘿嘿,经典称呼啊

看来我哥用的都是升半调...

我爱猫

maribel  在 2005-6-24 17:42 发表:

我哥 －Do you mean your bro or your hubby in here?

My Bro

horseanddragon

这个世界太小了，深有感触

maribel

horseanddragon  在 2005-6-24 17:45 发表:

这个世界太小了，深有感触

请具体详细说明

horseanddragon

maribel  在 2005-6-24 05:50 PM 发表:

请具体详细说明

偶现在的一个同事的老婆，是偶在澳洲读书时一个同学的老婆的中学同班同学

这个例子，只是沧海一粟

水月

horseanddragon  在 2005-6-24 17:56 发表:

偶现在的一个同事的老婆，是偶在澳洲读书时一个同学的老婆的中学同班同学

这个例子，只是沧海一粟

呵呵，好像绕口溜一样

as jj：同样困惑为什么因为是以前的同事所以不给你offer?

maribel

horseanddragon  在 2005-6-24 17:56 发表:

偶现在的一个同事的老婆，是偶在澳洲读书时一个同学的老婆的中学同班同学

这个例子，只是沧海一粟

念了两遍，没搞清楚和你什么关系

astina

maribel  在 2005-6-24 05:40 PM 发表:

Did the agent advise what caused your failure at the interview whose interviewer met you before? I thought the interview was quite successful when I read that your interviewer knew you.

official reply was: you performed really well in the interiew. However, at this stage he couldn't say that you are not unsuitable for this role

astina

水月  在 2005-6-24 06:01 PM 发表:

呵呵，好像绕口溜一样

as jj：同样困惑为什么因为是以前的同事所以不给你offer?

我也不是太明白，其实他不说我根本没认出他来。是不是需要全新的人马来确立威信？因为我去的时候，他进那个公司也就1个月

Orchid

世界真得很小。。。
还是很想知道，为什么AS JJ没有拿到那个offer？？？（八卦地说）

astina

Orchid  在 2005-6-24 09:35 PM 发表:

世界真得很小。。。
还是很想知道，为什么AS JJ没有拿到那个offer？？？（八卦地说）

其实根本原因就是没对上眼，我想

无产阶级

对不对得上眼是面试最关键的东西。为什么要面试，就在此。这是一个很复杂的情感交流过程。跟相亲差不多。

astina

就是，有时候我觉得一踏进门就在心里觉得喜不喜欢了

melbren

要给了,反而闹心取舍问题...

astina

不会闹心的，一定取现在这个，舍那个了