Job interviews

I am a recent graduate and am looking for a job, a real job. I do have job now, or should I say "jobs" because I have couple of them and they are not the one that I am looking for. And in this economy, it is very common. There are millions of people out there who are in the same situation as I am. I share the empathy with them but I have to compete against them also.

I have been sending applications out for months now and I just got into two interviews so far. The first one, I had to demo-teach for 15 minutes. I prepared something general and lectured through it to the possibly future colleagues. It turned out that I needed to teach a mini lesson instead. Oh well no one told me that and I didnt know what the criteria of teaching were. So I was thinking this was not my fault.

Getting down to the real interview, two on one. I didnt expect it that way. And the questions were massive. I came unprepared. I have a couple pages of interview questions which I have told myself to go through each and all of them thoroughly. But I have never gotten to finish it. There are very tough questions that I probably cant come up with a good answer. Anyway, I provided answers to all the questions. Some of the answers I thought were pretty good, but some were not answering the question at all. I got over it though and walked out with a very positive thought. It was not because I thought I did well on the interview, but because they may hire me because they didnt have another candidate. Huh, it turned out that they did and obviously they made a right decision. I am glad for them and for whoever who got the job.

Lesson learned: Come well prepared to an interview. It can change your life. Got to take it more seriously.The Job Hunting Handbook: How to Land and Interview, Impress the Hiring Manager, and Get the JobLanding Your First Job Out of College: The Ultimate Job-Hunting Handbook