The day after I received a job offer, a 'dead rubber' interview shook my life.
I received my first job offer in my hometown. But something was bothering me.
Some time had passed since I resumed my job search.
It was a local company, but it was a wholly-owned subsidiary of a major food manufacturer with good benefits, so
I interviewed for a sales position at that company.
The result was—
A job offer after just one interview.
I was grateful.
Truly.
However, to be honest,
it wasn't the job role I had hoped for.
But I was quite exhausted at that time.
Trying to go freelance.
The reality of crowdsourcing.
An attempted side-job scam.
And then, the job hunting.
Before I knew it, I was mentally drained.
'Maybe this is good enough...'
To be honest, I had that feeling too.
In the rough seas of job hunting,
I felt like I had finally spotted the shore.
But I had one more interview the next day.
Actually, I still had one more interview left.
In Fukuoka City.
A well-known company's
web department.
However, honestly, this interview
was intended to be a 'dead rubber'.
I already had a job offer,
so I just felt like taking it for the experience.
I went into the interview with that kind of attitude.
An interview that was completely different from what I expected
However—
When the interview started, the atmosphere was completely different from what I had imagined.
I thought it would be stiff, but
it was actually quite frank.
The conversation flowed naturally, and
halfway through, we were just having a great time.
As we talked,
I gradually realized it myself.
'Oh, I really do love this work after all.'
E-commerce.
Marketing.
A job where you look at numbers and make improvements.
This is it, after all.
That's what I thought.
However, there was one problem.
But there was a practical issue.
The deadline for the job offer from the local company was
Friday.
This interview was on
Tuesday.
Moreover, it was still just the first interview.
There was no guarantee I would pass.
Even so,
I felt hesitant to turn down the offer I already had.
I worried about it quite a bit.
What I asked at the end of the interview
Just before the interview ended,
I took a leap of faith and asked.
'If it's possible,
it would be a huge help if you could let me know
if the results are available sooner.'
I knew it was an unreasonable request.
But I told them the truth about the situation.
And then, the next day
The next evening.
An email arrived.
“Invitation to the Final Interview”
I froze for a moment.
I never expected to hear back so quickly.
In that moment,
I made a decision.
I sent a polite decline
to the local company.
What I thought at that time
If I hadn't taken that interview
thinking, 'I already have a job offer anyway.'
If I had given up on Fukuoka
because it was too far.
I think my life
would probably be completely different now.
Life is truly mysterious.
Just one interview
can change the direction you're heading.
Now, about this final interview.
(To be continued)
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