Day 20 - April 20

Today I woke up at 10:00 am. I was watching movies until early morning 3:00 am. I wrote to the recruiter and the hiring manager at the company I interned for, but no response. I hope it's not a no. This company had interviews with me in February and they decided not to hire for that requisition any longer. The way the recruiter and hiring manager handled the communication was really bad. They would ignore my emails and I usually had to follow up three times to get a response. The recruiter was the worst. She never even had the courtesy to give me a clear picture of what was happening although I interned there . 

I have a sense of deja vu again. The hiring manager I spoke to was really good to talk to but again, people say all kinds of things but never follow through. I'm expecting the same here after my initial experience interviewing with the company.

I reached out to folks at Medallia, both recruiters and alums and I hope I can get the conversation started. Some of the recruiters at Medallia were really helpful, they forwarded my resume to the appropriate teams. This is a good strategy instead of only relying on alums. Only one alum responded and I hope to speak with him tomorrow.

I have become really cynical about people. Even when people speak sweetly to me, I have my BS detector on to detect any signs of insincerity. I find that most people are insincere when they interact with me regarding any position because they want to keep their options open.

I didn't exercise yesterday because I didn't want to run into people on the way. I will go today for a swim. That is one of the activities I look forward to. I'm kind of feeling hopeless again and I hope that going for a swim will lift my spirits.

I applied to 7 roles at Cisco. Tailored my resume to the roles. Let's see if anyone gets back.