I think it is now safe for me to write this, and I seriously doubt I will receive a callback.
I really want to be writer, it is a dream I have. I mentioned of me applying for a staff writer position for the country’s leading men’s lifestyle magazine (It’s not hard to guess the mag, isn’t it?) on my last post. What have I got to lose? Nothing! I am the least person you’ll expect to apply for the company.
So I was shortlisted for an interview… I attribute that for using word taboo on my initial application through the web. I may be wrong but that’s the only reason I can imagine. I made some preparations… I brought some of my sample works (more like edited and upgraded versions of my more outstanding posts) that I hope will extensively show my range as a writer. I have been expecting a formal interview which will challenge me as being a novice and yes, I have expected it to eventually dabble on the topic of sex. It is, after all, a men’s magazine.
So dressed up in one of my best get up (a bit conscious that I wore my high-cut military green sneakers with my business casual attire) I went to their offices and realized that this is only the third time I applied for a non-call center job (the others are course-related that I turned down) and the first from this industry.
I fought the nerves.
I was ushered to a room… and I waited. The interviewer brought me some paper. I was excited; I knew if it were IQ, English or Math exams, I am confident I will do quite better than most. It was just a 2 page paper which inquires of my lifestyle as far as style, sex, alcohol, recreation and other manly activities. A bit disappointed but I think since I am applying for a writer post for a men’s magazine, they can test my ability to reply to questions about masturbation, prostitution and stuff.
Anyway, the interview revolved mostly about sex and the questions that I have rehearsed had no value to the occasion. And the sample works had very little relevance to the job requirement. I should have been told earlier. I would have written something about sex that will blow their minds away. Seriously.
Like I said, it was an interview that lasted a long time which really squeezed me of opinions I have of sex. Pero in fairness, may tanong naman about socially relevant issues like sex and divorce (pro-choice ako). It was a bit awkward in the beginning. Then I thought, You want to talk about sex, let’s talk about sex! Ordinarily, what I said would have shocked people especially with my wholesome reputation with most people. Hahaha! But you know what? This is a guy who talks about sex all the time. So what I said may have been mundane. I mean, what is there to be ashamed of? I will not be accepted anyway and this may be the last time I will see this person. I was very comfortable talking, surprisingly!
So I talked about the most adventurous things I have done. How I rate my self sexually (I gave myself a nine!).
He said something that I strike him as a decent-looking person but what I said was unexpected, I suppose. I talked about porn, of how I like some friction with masturbation and other stuff I will NEVER tell most people.
Oh well. I did tell him how I lost my virginity at a later age.
“With your first girlfriend I suppose?”
“No,” I answered nonchalantly (or maybe I sound offended), “through YM. I got tired of being a virgin.”
I doubt I will get another interview. The geek and dork in me can’t help himself from saying I like staying at home and read books. Plus my tendency to say things to make myself appear highly intelligent by making cross references to literature. I don’t think MALIBOG ako enough to be part of the company.
If I knew what it was all about, I would have prepared more. And to think I have been reading Interview guides from Yale and Carnegie!
Most of the time I get very angry when I get rejected at work. This one. I actually enjoyed, it’s something I can laugh about and tell my friends.
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PS
With all the talk of picking up yesterday, I was reminded that I was planning to read Neil Strauss‘s THE GAME: PENETRATING THE SECRET SOCIETY OF PICKUP ARTISTS. Nag-download ako! At masarap pala makinig ng mga tugtugin ng ASIN.
Hahaha. Eh paano ‘pag natanggap ka? Buburahin mo ba ‘tong post na ‘to? *LOLz* Pero astig ang experience mo. Hindi din siguro ako matatanggap diyan kung ako ang nag-apply. = P
Marami yatang nag-apply. Pag ako natanggap… ibig sabihin, I am horny enough! Hehehe… Pero sobrang malabo sa aking palagay na ako ay matanggap kaya di ako worried sa post na ito.