Recently, I was lucky enough to be selected to interview for a dream company. I made it to the final round and really felt like that I was going to receive an offer, but alas I got rejected. Rejection is hard especially when you make it to the final round for a company. It raises the questions of why did they waste my time, what went wrong, etc. But, after a few weeks I realized that rejection isn’t as bad as it seems. Yes, I would’ve loved to be able to work for this company and I kind of got my hopes up because I made it to the final round. I would like to provide some advice on how I was able to see the positive side of being rejected from this internship.
First of all, change your mindset. I do feel like my time was wasted because I made it to the final round, but I also have to realize how impressive it was to even make it to the final round. Also, the interviews weren’t a waste of my time because it is great interview practice. Interviews can be very scary no matter how many times you may do them, so I think being able to do multiple interviews for this internship was a great way to learn more ways to answer questions, conduct myself in interviews, etc. When I took the time to apply, I wrote a resume and a cover letter which has now given me the tools to continue to pursue other opportunities. This goes back to my first blog post, apply to everything. I think it is best not to put all of your eggs in one basket. When I was interviewing for this internship, I continued to apply to other internships. I think this also helped me get over the rejection faster as well. Even though the rejection was hard, I was able to continue my job search seamlessly and look for other opportunities that I am excited about.
As I continue my internship hunt for the summer, I have been trying to refine my resume as well as my cover letter. Both of these are very important documents when applying to internships and jobs. It is hard to keep applying to things and never hearing back or just getting flat out rejected without an interview. The first step to being successful in a job search is to not let every little thing discourage you. I know that it is the season where everyone is very excitedly announcing their internship plans for the summer, but you also have to think about how many rejections that they must’ve gotten before they got their opportunity. People do not like to talk about rejection because they see it as a negative situation, but I feel quite the opposite. Rejection is a positive because it allows you to learn and grow, as well as seek out opportunities that you may have missed previously. It is okay to get rejected and it is even better to use your rejection as motivation.
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