Jurgen Klopp of Finals
While people document their wins, it is important to document your L’s as well. The title is bants to me, but depicts my current status quo. Everyone knows in football, what it means to be the Jurgen Klopp of Finals, for my non-football fans; it means losing every final you worked hard to get to. It’s actually a statistic of Jurgen Klopp, having to lose most finals, not until recently when he won the UCL. In this context, I see myself in him as well, because every time i have gotten to the last stage, it mostly end in tears. The Nigerian HR doesn’t help as well, because you don’t get a rejection mail, but if it’s to drag millennials for being lazy “guess whose prick go dey charge”. So if you don’t socialize with your fellow competitors at interviews/company insider, you know what that meins, cause they are the only ones who can give updates about the job.
This current L hurt me so bad, because it was the same company that made me resign years back (silly move in retrospect) with the hope of after meeting the ED, i thought it’s done deal, also with the way his secretary was congratulating me. Nostalgic in the sense that it all happened around same time four years ago, days before my birthday. One wonders if you’re not even good enough, but like the Jurgen Klopp of finals, he won eventually which is the crux of this write up, no matter how many times you fail, there will be a time to WIN, so cheers to believing i’ll win one day too.
My own list of final stages i made it to, or at least the ones that matter/i can remember:
Insurance Firm: Didn’t get a reject mail while others were receiving, I got a we are reviewing your CV, and will be in touch.
Bank: Mailed the ED randomly, got called for a test and interview, nailed the test (instant result), and interview, never got called back.
Insurance Firm: got recommended by a friend, nailed it to the last. Offer was on hold cause company was sorting license issue which failed, eventually cause they left Nigeria.
Microfinance Bank: got recommended by a friend again, nailed it to the last. Started with a group of three, was the last person, till date i’m yet to meet with the MD.
Investment Bank: Got to the last stage, after series of tests, and interview. Just heard they picked only one person months after.
Insurance Firm: Coincidentally it’s the same insurance firm at the top, after 4 hectic stages, couldn’t even do the honors of a rejection mail, one of the candidates just called me, she got the offer.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger right? But nobody says it can mess you up as well. I’m actually very positive something good is coming, but when you remember how you have to call in sick to attend interviews. LOL 😅
