can’t hide this feeling

the interviews are done. i feel satisfied. some minor bloopers aside, i feel good about being me.

the group discussions went well. we decided to talk about the bird flu and i tried to reflect upon it. the bird flu was a convenient way to talk about our fears in that very situation, without acknowledging what was happening right there and now. we were all pretty nervous and afraid since we knew some of us aren’t going to make it. i guess a catastrophy-feeling like “the world is going under” was eminent, but it was too hot to talk about that very situation, hence the attractiveness to discuss the bird flu. (one of us mentioned after awhile: there’s been little news about the bird flue recently – yeah well, maybe we came to think about the bird flue because the interview situation raised similar fears). however, i was the only one curious to talk about why we chose that topic.

lessons learned:

a) don’t say “good luck” when leaving since I am the one wanting it. it’s too obvious in hindsight.

b) maybe i tried to be too wise again. i’m afraid i was too interested in noticing how the three other candidates dealt with the situation that i acted as if I wasn’t afraid and nervous. i’m not sure. then again i did tell the psychologists that i was nervous.

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2 thoughts on “can’t hide this feeling”

  1. jo. jag är värd att bli antagen.

    dessutom är jag glad för att det i år var 8 män kallade till intervju, vilket innebär att jag slipper bli könskvoterad till institutionen. förra året var det typ en eller ingen man som kom till intervjuerna och därför bara kvinnor som blev antagna. så vad jag försöker säga är att om eller när jag blir antagen så torde jag slippa höra att jag kom in för att jag är man.

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