the job that got away

i applied for an internship position at a fortune 500 company and my interview was today. when i drove near the company, i was amazed by the buildings and the parking lot that was full of cars owned by the 10,00 employees that work there... man, i was in awe.

the job was an accounting intern position and it encompassed the majority of what i wanted to do. there's no doubt that i could've learned so much from it; it was a pretty sick job, i tell you. not only would i have had my own cubicle but i would've had my own 2 desktops, a laptop, and a cellphone. andd it wasn't a job where i'd just sit at the desk all day but it was also a job called to go out and talk with different managers and such. okay, the last part of the job scared me a little bit but i was eager to take on the challenge.

i pretty much nailed the interview. it was the longest and BEST interviews ever and it wasn't because of what i had said/done but because the person who interviewed me was such a nice middle-aged man. he made me feel so comfortable that my nerves went away in an instant. he would've been the person i worked with closely, but eventually becoming independent and doing things on my own. i really wanted to work with and for him... the more we talked about the position, the more i wanted it SO BADLY.

after a couple of hrs since the interview, i got a call from the company's recruiter. he asked me one simple question and i knew that i wasn't qualified for the intern position: "are you a full-time student?"

i was so devastated... the recruiter had told me that i was chosen for the job but since the company's policy requires interns to be a full-time student, there was no way that i could be the intern. the person who interviewed me called a few minutes later, too, and he told me that he "fought" for me and tried to find loopholes in the policy... i was deeply touched.

i know that all things happen for a reason and all things happen under God's will. but i can't help feeling devastated by this... it would've been a wonderful opportunity to have worked there, and there was a good chance that the intern position would've developed into a full-time position... and the company treats/pays their interns exceptionally well... and boy, the experience of working there would have ultimately been THE MOST gratifying experience ever... man, this sucks...

[[edit 10:01pm]] wow, my friend just told me that today, he heard back from this job he interviewed for. he and i both thought he had gotten the job.. but he didn't. and then he reminded me one thing, "in the end, God is good." thanks, buddy :)