Lesson Learned: Don't Forget to Check Your Ass
–by Sumaya Kazi | October 23, 2006
I'm here to bare my soul about a particularly embarrassing interview experience I had that resulted in me...well..baring my ass. Accidentally, of course! Here's what happened:
I was going through the interview process for a hi-tech Fortune 500 company that consisted of four interviews. I made my way through the first three and had just one more to go that could make or break me getting this job I really wanted. Needless to say, I was extremely nervous. The morning of my interview I had my friend drop me off in front of the company. As I walking towards the building I hear my friend yelling my name telling me to stop. I then hear the driver of the Pepsi truck that was parked behind her yell out of his window "Yeahh! I saw that too!!" My friend runs up to me and says "Sumaya – I don't know how to tell you this and I don't want to freak you out right before your interview BUT you have a big hole in the back of your pants!" So I do a little walk for her to gauge just how bad the situation is. When I felt a big gush of air come up my pants, she didn't need to tell me how bad the damage was. I could feel it. I had two minutes before my interview, nothing to cover my behind, I was too far away to go back to my apartment for a change of clothes so I decided to brave my interview hole and all.
I'm in the building and my interviewer is ready to meet with me. I'm pretty sure the receptionist saw the Ginormous hole because she gave me a very weird look. I get into my interviewers office and of course was seated on a metal chair. Great. Not only is my butt freezing now but I can hear my pants ripping in the seam more and more.
I get through my interview and try to act as confident as I can considering my situation. When it was done (thank goodness!) my interviewer gave a hand gesture indicating I should leave the office first. Well that wasn't going to happen. So I acted a little awkwardly, pretending like I was picking up my purse and I then gestured to her "No, You First". Totally weird, totally not natural – but considering the alternative, I was fine with that.
In the end, I got a call back from the company and got the job. I can't finish off this "Professional Confessional" without telling you what my Mom told me after I told her about what just happened. She said "You should have found a black Sharpie pen and colored in the area where you can see your butt so that it would have looked like there was no hole!!" Haha. Thanks, Mom - I'll pass on that idea. What would you have done?!
Sumaya is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of The CulturalConnect. She thought it would be fun to start the new Professional Confessional editorial section with her own embarrassing story. She now checks the seams of all her pants religiously.
The views and opinions expressed in these comments do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of The CulturalConnect.
| October 25, 2006, 17:02:25 |
permalink
|
| chai923 |
| October 29, 2006, 13:46:37 |
permalink
|
| naufil2008 |
| November 01, 2006, 06:32:01 |
permalink
|
| Napoka |
| November 01, 2006, 06:57:53 |
permalink
|
| anzib |
| November 01, 2006, 10:26:34 |
permalink
|
| passion |
Want to throw your hat into the ring? Make sure to login first, or signup if you don't have an account.
Don't forget!
Young & Professional Profile | Non-Profit Spotlight | News2Know
|
Toolbar Help
|
Top of Page
Young & Professional Profile 
Professional Confessionals 
