Wardrobe Malfunction

Today I had my first scholarship interview. I was happy to finally make it to the interview stage, but nervous about how the interview would go. Little did I know that my worst nightmares (or best one?) would come true.

With the interview being at 12:20pm, I wasn't able to make it to my classes today. I talked to the professors, and I don't think I missed anything major. I will found out whether that was the case tomorrow.

Things got bad when I started getting ready. First, my pants zipper wasn't working correctly. Then, our truck wouldn't start. By this time, I was really pushing it to get to the interview on time. A gracious neighbor gave me a ride.

When I got to the high school, it was lunch time. This meant there were people everywhere. I was speed walking to the interview, dressed abnormally, and afraid my zipper wasn't working. As I approached the office, someone started yelling, I think at me, that I was wearing girl shoes. I can tell them for a fact that they are in fact men's shoes, but I didn't have the time.

I went in to the interview still in a panic. I was late, rushed, wearing 'girl shoes', my zipper wasn't working, and I was totally unprepared for their questions. The first of which, "how is the weather outside?" Isn't this a normal icebreaker? I was in such a rush to get there on time, I had no clue what the weather was like. I think that is what I said, that I didn't know. What a way to start out an interview, not knowing what the weather is like outside.

About 10 minutes into the interview, I was able to pull it together. It was finished in about 12 minutes. By the end I was able to articulate my responses to their questions. I wish I would have at least thought about what I might say to some basic questions before I got to the interview so I didn't have to think of a response and say it at the same time.

After it was over, I had to walk home. While things didn't go as planned, I think it went fairly well. Above all it was good practice for the other two interviews I have, hopefully things go a little bit better on the next ones.