Got the easiest prompt ever “what adult has inspired you the most” which went well for the first 30 seconds until my dog came in, started barking like crazy and I had to redo it.
Second Prompt: What do people never ask you but you wish that they did?
Okay. Started to talk about how I love biology and cells. And then my ass started going into mentoring? And getting people to talk about what they love? What?
And then I reminded myself of a project I did like a year ago so i just say “Tardigrade. I like tardigrades” That
AND YOU KNOW WHAT FALLS OUT OF MY MOUTH?
“Water Bear. Like the Bowdoin Polar Bear. You get it? They both survive cold climates. Very tough.”
I stopped for like 5 seconds to realize what I just said. Atp theres like 20 seconds left
AND IT GETS WORSE
I try to salvage it because its gonna get submitted no matter what so im trying to talk more abt my tardigrade research (through incoherent mubling) and I say “when i go to bowdoin…” at that point i literally slapped myself. And tried to correct myself
2 seconds left. Thanked them for the opportunity and cut off.
What a shame because I actually really wanted to go there. Now im cooked. I cant even redeem myself through an interview because I missed the deadline.
If you think you had a bad interview, it gets worse. Trust me.