Interviews...Interviews and more Interviews

So, for the past three months I've been going on countless interviews. I've really tried hard but with no luck thus far. Only rejection after rejection. This week I had an interview with a law firm and really seemed like a place I could thrive at. I really tried my best at the interview and wanted to do well...show this person that yes, I am right for this job. But my interpersonal skills are just so bad that I feel like I just shy into a corner and play myself down. I try to prepare for these types of interviews as best I can, but I can only do so much until you have to rely on coming up with stuff on the spot. I'm not good at that...and it really hurts my interview skills...and that's probably why I haven't been hired yet. I really hope that I can get through to the job I had an interview with last Thursday though. Fingers crossed I guess.

Onto my next interview which is an interview with Amity. I'm here in Boston right now with my mom for two days ready to undergo this two day interview process. It's really cold up here! I've read online that the interview process is pretty rough but if you take it one step at a time, have confidence and a lot of energy you should be able to do fine. I always thought I wanted to teach English in Japan after I graduated...felt that it was my only choice. But after going though all these interviews...and failing miserably at them, I first thought that maybe teaching English isn't the only thing I can do with my Japanese. There's other options out there. However after failing on each of the interviews I've went to thus far...I'm starting to get that feeling back again. On top of that I'm also scared that maybe I won't be able to even teach English because these people won't be able to see my potential either because of my poor interview skills. I try to be enthusiastic but not over the top. Interested but not obsessive. It's hard to find the right balance...not just in interviews but with everything in life I guess.

Anyway, I hope all goes well with this Amity interview and I get an offer with them...and with the other law firm people I interviewed with. I hope I'll have luxury of being able to decided one or the other...but if that's not the case then I have the back up-back up plan of applying to the JET program again and looking for anything else I can find in the classified section. I really hope things start to look up for me soon...I really want to be able to have a chance to prove myself and my abilities.