本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Christmas was coming, SP’s good friend, a classmate called Chubby Potato got two job offers at the same time. One is from a big 5 bank, the other is from a small firm with 3 partners and over 30 employees. Chubby Potato took the bank offer and referred SP and another classmate Sweet Carrot (SC) to the small CA firm.
The hiring partner (Mr Turning Point) and the manager interviewed SP and SC on the same morning respectively and told them they would make their decision in the afternoon. SP and SC went back to the campus and exchanged the interview questions over the phone – obviously they were the same. SP and SC did not talk too long because the employer’s call might arrive anytime that afternoon.
SP nervously sat beside the phone, even daring not to go to the washroom. How she wished the partner would choose her! But SC had working experience in fortune 500, and she believed SC looked even prettier than her…
One o’clock, two o’clock, three o’clock, four…. SP could not wait anymore, if she did not grab this opportunity, she probably could not find a placement before the New Year…thinking at this, she picked up the phone and dialed the partner’s number, but no one answered. She dialed again and was transferred to the voice mail—SP took a deep breath and thrown all that she thought the partner might concern into the voice mail –“Mr Turning Point, I just want to let you know I really care about this opportunity. I’ve already done over 300 tax returns for last tax season, I don’t need too much training; I am willing to stay late and I won’t mind traveling for audit….” After SP hang up the phone, she felt it such a relief, even she did not got hired, she tried everything she could…
Half an hour later, SP’s phone rang – she got the offer! However, this exciting call was followed by SC’s call –
“they called you yet?”
“err.. yes…”
“so you got the offer?!.....”
SP heard SC cried …She suddenly felt so guilty as if she stole the opportunity from Sweet Carrot…she never told SC about the follow up phone call she made…What made SP felt better was early in the new year, SC located a job in a national CA firm.
Chubby Potato got SP’s news. “To be honest, I really don’t know whether I made the right choice…” SP could understand why he said this, going for the bank meant CP gave up the opportunity to be a CA. But looking at the starting salary, SP believed it was not a difficult decision for CP to make at the moment.
(Sidebar: both Sweet Carrot and Chubby Potato later got their CMAs and did very well in the major banks.)更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
The hiring partner (Mr Turning Point) and the manager interviewed SP and SC on the same morning respectively and told them they would make their decision in the afternoon. SP and SC went back to the campus and exchanged the interview questions over the phone – obviously they were the same. SP and SC did not talk too long because the employer’s call might arrive anytime that afternoon.
SP nervously sat beside the phone, even daring not to go to the washroom. How she wished the partner would choose her! But SC had working experience in fortune 500, and she believed SC looked even prettier than her…
One o’clock, two o’clock, three o’clock, four…. SP could not wait anymore, if she did not grab this opportunity, she probably could not find a placement before the New Year…thinking at this, she picked up the phone and dialed the partner’s number, but no one answered. She dialed again and was transferred to the voice mail—SP took a deep breath and thrown all that she thought the partner might concern into the voice mail –“Mr Turning Point, I just want to let you know I really care about this opportunity. I’ve already done over 300 tax returns for last tax season, I don’t need too much training; I am willing to stay late and I won’t mind traveling for audit….” After SP hang up the phone, she felt it such a relief, even she did not got hired, she tried everything she could…
Half an hour later, SP’s phone rang – she got the offer! However, this exciting call was followed by SC’s call –
“they called you yet?”
“err.. yes…”
“so you got the offer?!.....”
SP heard SC cried …She suddenly felt so guilty as if she stole the opportunity from Sweet Carrot…she never told SC about the follow up phone call she made…What made SP felt better was early in the new year, SC located a job in a national CA firm.
Chubby Potato got SP’s news. “To be honest, I really don’t know whether I made the right choice…” SP could understand why he said this, going for the bank meant CP gave up the opportunity to be a CA. But looking at the starting salary, SP believed it was not a difficult decision for CP to make at the moment.
(Sidebar: both Sweet Carrot and Chubby Potato later got their CMAs and did very well in the major banks.)更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net