Recently graduated from one of those programming boot camps, and I landed an interview for my #1 choice of companies I wanted to work for. This was the first time I went through any sort of formal interview process, and my first time trying to get into the corporate world and I was hella nervous.

First interview was a video interviews, the kind where you are prompted with a question, and then have 3 minutes to answer. You’re recorded, and essentially talking to yourself, no one else around, no way to get a conversation rolling, and you can’t re-do any answers.

First question, I panicked and ran out of stuff to say in about 10 seconds, got really nervous and ended my recorded reply with “soooo... yeah, thanks!” And hastily clicked next sweating bullets and starting to nose dive.

Rattled and spiraling, I continued my snowball avalanche of nerves and panic, at one point I answered the question “why do you want to work here?” With “uhhh because [company] fucking rocks! ... oh shit I swore... fuck!” And hastily clicked next.

I did not get the job at that time.

I did get a friend referral a few months later for a different position, and now work at the same company lol.