Nyquil and Phone Interviews do not mix.

Ok so maybe playing in the snow wasn't such a good idea. Last week I thought things were turning around for the + side. Earlier last week I found a job for a inside sales/customer service for a pretty cool company that actually happens to be right down from the house. I was thinking this was a Win Win. Well the only way to apply for the job is through Career Builder. Now Career Builder used to only charge companies that were looking for employees. Now they want to charge us to get prime placement. It really feels like a scam but that's neither here nor there, back to the job at hand. So I went through the normal channels and sent my resume in via career builder but I wanted to make sure my resume got through. I know its typically a big no no to actually physical drop off a resume these days, but I thought surely if they actually met me they would be thankful I put in the dedication to personally drop off this resume.

Well I go out to the office on Thursday and figure if I drop by around 11. There is a good chance I will catch them in the office. I arrive at the office at around 10:45 and think its close enough I'll go ahead and make my introduction. Well I walk up to the door and notice there is a "Sorry we missed you" Fed Ex package note on the door. So I think ok maybe that was earlier and they just haven't checked the front door. I reach down to open the door and sure enough its locked and it doesn't look like there is anyone inside. I thought great... I take a chance on doing an actual drop off and no one is here. I looked down at my phone at it says 11:00 on the dot. I was just about to give up and go home when my phone rang. I notice it is a local Charlotte number and you would think I would be excited but lately the only local #s that call me are insurance sales people trying to suck me into their world. So normally I let it go to voice mail then I can decide if it is worth a call back, but for some reason I decided to answer it. Turns out it is a company that I had applied to back in Nov/Dec. I was kind of in shock. I had applied for an admissions positions but they had looked at my resume and thought I might be a better fit in their Career Services dept. I was super stoked and long story short set up a phone interview for this Tuesday. So needless to say I thought things were turning around, I mean after all when I had gotten so excited about the 1st job only to be disappointed, boom out of no where came an even better offer. Then to top it off we got fresh snow.

Now forward to Sat. morning. I wake up with a heck of a sore throat and think oh man not now and immediately, start my over the counter medical regiment. Next thing I know my alarm is going off and it s 11:00 Tuesday morning. I feel like I am dying. It has been a long time since I have been this sick but.. I have my interview at 1 so I must push forward. I figure if I take a shower, Shave, get in some clean clothes I'll feel much better. Well I do all of that and actually convince myself I'll do great. I was nervous not only because i was sick but also because this is an awesome opportunity I have in front of me. Everything seemed to be going okay until 1 o'clock came and my phone rang. Now I don't know how many of you use Nyquil or Dayquil and know that sometimes that stuff can almost emulate the effects of alcohol. The second I got on that phone interview I felt as if i had been doing tequila shots for the last 5 hours. My heart started racing. I started sweating. I had no clear thought process and I could feel myself just rambling away. It was almost like a out of body experience I could hear the words and sentences coming out my mouth but could little to correct them. I did explain I was under the weather and the lady interviewing me seemed like she understood and was very forgiving but I could tell the writing was on the wall. I had blown my chance. Now if your reading this you can still see I am not anywhere close to 100% I still feel like my sinuses are about to explode and my whole body aches but i just wanted to get the word out to people. Don't try and be brave like me and risk an opportunity when your not feeling well. Reach out to your company and see if you can reschedule. Chances are they are doing quite a few interviews so giving you a few days to recover will not put you out of the running. It is a tough market out there and sometimes you have to be more aggressive than you would like to be, but make sure that you really are ready. To me I am just holding on to faith that the right job will come. Well I guess that about all I have to say that. I did send a follow up email, thanking her for my time and letting her know I wish i would have been able to articulate my answers in a better way but i still think i lost out on that one. Oh well there is always next time.