Interviewer: Mr Loki, tell me how do you cope with difficult situations - for example, when things go wrong?
Loki: I cry like a big fat baby, and complain how life is not turning out how I want. I run around telling absolutely everybody how bad I feel and that life is unfair.
Scenario 2:
Interviewer: Mr Loki, tell me how do you cope with difficult situations - for example, when things go wrong?
Loki: You have to deal with it, don't you? Get over it, and see what will get you back on track. If there is something that will help, do it. You need to focus on the future.
Now, I wonder which one is closest to getting the job offer?
@Phoenix, cheers - very hallmark but uplifting all the same :-)
LOL well they make money for a reason ;)
A lot of things in life are about mindset and attitude - as claudio said earlier, if you choose to believe your degree is shit, so will everyone else. You're allowed to mope a bit today. Then on Monday, it's time to dust yourself off and get back into the rat race!
Long story, kind of fell into it. Not that I'm not interested in it at all, just in hindsight I wish I'd done something else.
Well you have some interest in it, otherwise you might have just dropped out or done something else.. or alternatively, you thought there was worth in continuing it. You need to find the positives here, not dwell on the negatives.
Think about it, because it is something that may well pop up.. so you had an interest in the subject and felt following it would help you better understand today's political climate, and the transferable skills you learned can apply to any role.. add to that the work experience and the life experience you gained whilst studying and working other jobs. Stick in some words about hard-working, flexible, adaptable.
@Phoenix, cheers - very hallmark but uplifting all the same :-)
LOL well they make money for a reason ;)
A lot of things in life are about mindset and attitude - as claudio said earlier, if you choose to believe your degree is shit, so will everyone else. You're allowed to mope a bit today. Then on Monday, it's time to dust yourself off and get back into the rat race!
* whispers * Actually, I think after four years he is allowed a whole week of feeling shit, getting pissed and being a misery - it's a European ruling. But then he has to get back in the saddle.
All good stuff folks. I'm already working full time, but I don't graduate until the end of June so I can see how I feel then. I'm not going to let it get me down, I'm just very disappointed in myself - I wanted to do better.
I did enjoy aspects of the course, and I do wonder the mark I actually got for my dissertation. I think come interview time I'll be keen to point out that I have worked constantly throughout uni in more than just bar jobs or stacking shelves. So onwards and upwards
That's right, in a matter of hours I'll officially no longer be a student and in the real world!
Currently trying to glam myself for the once in a lifetime photos later. Doesn't help that I'm on anti-biotics and anti-virals and struggling to walk - talk bout timing!
As long as I don't trip on stage and my parents can refrain from killing each other it'll be all good :-)
Hi Loki
congratulations on your degree - and enjoy your graduation.
You'll find that many employers won't ask you what degree you got, and on your CV you will be writing (Hons) after your BSc/BA as you do have an honours degree. I've only seen people who've got firsts or some other commendation note this on their CV. Usually people tend just to put BA(Hons) or similar (although check when applying what's required).
After graduation ask the student registry to send you a breakdown of your grades. That can help highlight if there was any real area where things didn't go as well as you'd like. Obviously exam nerves, workload etc can make a difference to student performance, so it's likely you understand an area but just couldn't explain it well in an essay/exam. It happens all the time in academia, but doesn't mean it'll be a problem for you in the world of work.
I got a 2.2. I was tipped to get a high 2.1 or a first. I ended up being 1 mark off a 2.1 and tutors decided bringing me in for a viva wasn't worth it (so I was told when I challenged my grade). It made me very bitter for a while, to the point I refused to go to my graduation ceremony. This meant my grandmother and family missed seeing me graduate, and it's only years later I've realised what a shame this was for them.
Having come from a background where I wasn't tipped to be bright, I think I was catching up for my first degree. It took another degree (a PhD) for me to discover I wasn't thick. But getting a 2.2 didn't help my confidence for a long while.
We all have different academic skills and I've seen people with firsts who never go further, and people who barely scraped a 2.2 become world leading professors. The important thing is you took a degree level course, and you passed. Be proud of yourself, and as Will says - enjoy it.
Didn't see this thread three weeks ago when it was posted.
I got a 2.2 as well, and getting into the media required learning about computers for four years and then three years of applying to different places. I was always writing before that, starting with filler pieces in magazines aged 13 to 17.
I was also annoyed with 2.1 degree thresholds were brought in but it made me more determined. I changed careers having "done" the media but still write for enjoyment now.
I think you'll have a lot less firms screening you out on grades because you've had jobs throughout your degree. Your CV's had a head start and if you're working now and you don't decide to do an MA, what the hell, stick with them, you're in a much better position debt-wise to get pay it all off more quickly. The last friend I know to go the graduate route has changed jobs within the same firm to stay interested and he's still "gone back to school" to keep his brain alive with evening classes. These are the years you get to chop and change a lot, so enjoy them, but have a career plan to be doing whatever you dream about within X years - AND plan for afterwards.
