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I was looking forward to a prominent interview with a renown historical college, so I printed out the map using Googlemaps and checked it against Mapquest. Both covered streets I was familiar with, and both told me I would need approximately 35 minutes for the drive. No sweat, I thought, I'll give myself an hour so I have extra time. Turns I was still almost late for the interview. Why? I had forgotten to allow time to find parking...
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My wife and I got a GPS system for our cars, and I thought they were God's gift to navigation. In fact, I stopped doing dry runs for interviews since I knew I could count on the GPS to get me where I needed to go. Well, that worked fine until I was late for an interview after trying to go the route my GPS was telling me to go but finding that the entire area was under construction and I needed to find a detour...
Try explaining that to your interviewer!
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I once interviewed for a position with a prominent banking firm. Since it was a bank, I figured I had better dress for the part. So I wore my best outfit - suit, tie, cuff links, you name it.
I forgot it was going to be "casual Friday," so I got to spend the day being interviewed by people in their blue jeans...
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And last but certainly by no means least, we have this example of how art imitates life - suffice it to say we all need to be reminded from time to time on the importance of "grace" under pressure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENgJZlmgI6U
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