One Way To Bust Your Ego.

Apparently an email that asks you:

“When will you be available to start?”

…..is another way of saying “Hey, we want you on our team!”…. well, something like it. I have been told it is pretty much an acceptance, albeit 80% of the way there. I didn’t know this. In the last interview I’ve had with another company, the woman had asked the same question but that did not end with an internship offer. So when I saw the email, I did a little noodle dance before happily rattling off a series of dates without saying a single thank you! *gasp* Oh the indecency!

Oh and did I mention that it was also CC’d to the COO of the company?

I feel like an uncouth little dweeb! I sent a separate email to the tune of: “THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING ME! please reply me back pretty please <3.” Writing all of these corporate emails are more exhausting than writing a treatise on the benefits of pomegranate tea.

Until things are concrete, I’m reluctant to accept that I may have secured an internship. 80% of me is still in disbelief. The other 20% is wondering if she has just screwed herself with etiquette! Etiquette of all things! If this ends with just two little words - “not offered” - I could possibly sustain a little heartbreak.

Ahh.. internship rejections: busting your ego in one fell swoop over and over and over.

For those of you without an internship, hang in there! It’ll come sooner or later and when they send you a reply, any reply at all: REMEMBER TO SAY THANK YOU! It’s just courtesy. So they’ll know that your mother taught you well.