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What was in the interviewers mind and mine was like sky and earth. I came, I understood and I learnt. None of which changed the past but has the capability of changing my future conquest. And thus has been said the learning curve.

Anyway, I initially thought being confident and staging a play to give a positive perception to people would mean 70 percent of my goal is in the bag. But apparently I didn’t apply to life as much as I hoped. I didn’t used to be like this, but I guess I wore the mask for so long that it became my face and thus a part of me. And theres no problem being being full of energy and confident as long as you stay within boundaries. By boundaries in this context is the setting, interview mode on.

Things I shouldn’t have done:

1)      Greeting them with a ‘hey guys’-airgo treating them as old friends.

-exactly what I did when I first entered Dr. H meeting room where he then introduced himself as a well established economist working with the bank ever since 1995, the year I was born. Heed this warning folks, this apparent sign of dominance requires you to respect him and not to have a hint of fooling around.

2)      Cracking jokes, this is off limits period. Even partly intellectual ones.

3)      Referring to or mingling with facilitators as friends-it appears disrespectful.

-Ask and you shall receive. If anything that is within my power, I will make it happen. Ahh and as you guessed it they were going for the friendly, ‘I would like to gossip and hang with you’ approach. It was the exact words only in Malay, I kid you not. All I did was delivered, but alas it was all a façade. Their motives were pure; they don’t want us to stress but they do not at any point want us to joke and treat them as old mates. I for one hate this inherent segregation between the gen X and Y. It’s not as if I was demeaning you, I wanted to accept you but as some people feel it is just not appropriate.

4)      Take calculated risks

-You see they were a few questions, I did not pick the typical ones because they were plain therefore uninteresting. I chose the more unorthodox one and that by itself did not gain me credibility but more to doubt. It was simple enough, I explained about the root cause of the rudeness among Malaysians and presented an idea I thought was a game changer. What I thought could impress turned out to be my downfall. Obviously, I did not calculate enough.

5)      Being stubborn and protest excessively(trying to hard).

-Usually a good idea, shows integrity and stand. However, NEVER goreng! Sometimes I would even advise you to admit you are not sure but again don’t stop there. Offer to search it up and possibly drop him an e-mail on whatever he thinks are lacking.

6)      Say what I wanted

-THE MOST IMPORTANT. Always reconsider vision! Make sure goals and wants  are aligned so there’s a win-win situation. I wanted to manage, think of new ideas venture to new sectors and expand business using BNM as a pivotal tool during my infant years as a accountant to acquire experience and knowledge to achieve that. That however was not what they were looking for and at all means regard BNM as the best way to grasp it with the 10 year bond with the bank and it’s limiting environment. It’s not that people get rejected cos they’re failures, they’re simply not suitable.

-->Moral of the story is never try to be something you’re not, take off your masks and end the masquerade. It’s a blessing in disguise I didn’t get Bank Negara, and I don’t regret it one bit.

Viva la Vida