...who used to work in a different department and has now changed jobs. Not only did he invite me to his leaving drinks but now he has gotten back in touch and is constantly pestering me to apply at his company.
At first, I was quite excited to see what roles were on offer and stuff but when I learnt that it's a web development company (of which I know nothing about) AND the interview questions, I kind of realized that it was going to be stretching myself a bit too far.
So, I am not very keen on applying for this job. Despite the repeated, almost scary, reassurances from this guy that he would prepare me for the interview and that it would be a "piece of cake", I know from looking at the sample interview questions that there is no way I could get it. And even though I could prepare for the questions they asked him, I probably won't be able to answer any other questions that the interviewers might ask me.
I think the company is expecting Computer Science graduates which I am not. I only did a bit of C during my degree and rest I have learnt on the job. And I don't really spend reading about these outside of work, in fact, I don't willingly read about this at work either!
I don't want to lose the last remaining bit of self confidence by getting yet another rejection. Even worse would be losing ALL the self respect in being utterly incompetent to get ONE job out of the four interviews I have been to this year.
So I stopped the guy short by not replying but he texted me last night asking how I was getting on and when he could call me in for an interview.
Although I can guess that the guy actually is getting some sort of commission from the job, I am grateful for his offer to get me the job by preparing for the interview. But really, I don't think I can do it and I have informed him so. I have repeatedly said that I don't think I can do it and reiterated that I am not as clever as he thinks I am. Hopefully he has got the message now and won't badger me anymore but hopefully I won't regret this later...
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