K and His Gap YearPartI

Questions to ask:• What’s your current status?

• Why did you choose to study business?

• What’s your expectation from workplace?

• Why do you have that expectation?

• Tell me about your last job hunting experience.

K is a business major student, who recently graduated from college. The questions are designed based on getting to know his story, perspective, and expectation both in school and in workplace.

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Feel• Looking serious.• Before the interview, reading “The Old Man and the Sea”• Dressing casually.

• He changed a lot since college.• Jobs should be meaningful.• It should be hurried to find a job.• Finding a job is like finding a life partner, practical reason aside, it is “the connection” that counted most.

• Exhausted from previous jobs and school life.• He is still searching for self, and although he was wrong, it was a necessary process.• He want to stop doing what “he should” do.

• “I thought I love competition.”• “It’s challenging.”• “I should”• “Gap year, trying to relax and live a little bit different life for a while.”• “Still thinking about what kind of job I want.”• “Learning, meaningful. but now, I don’t want anything that will exhaust me mentally or physically.”

K needs to immerse his ideal life into real world job, because in his world, an ideal life can be found in real world jobs, they are not repelled to each other.

K seems to have a clear idea about his changes. He thought he loves competition, so he got into a lot of internships and business competition during college. Before he graduated, he suddenly started to rethink everything. K said that he decided to stop for a year, and really take his time, because he felt that he hasn’t been slowed down for years. He was always thinking about next step, and always wanted to be prepared. It seemed like what he should do, but now he wanted to challenge that idea.

During a few months in K’s gap year, he found a way of life that he absolutely loves, and he want to keep it that way. He said that he believe he doesn’t need to sacrifice this life for work, and he doesn’t want to separate his life into “work” and “living”.

K needs to utilize his gap year and stay relaxed at the same time, because in his world, it is an opportunity to know himself better.

K has a lot of expectation on his gap year. He said he doesn’t really want to do a lot of crazy things or traveling, but he does want to make everyday counts. Sometimes it become a little bit stressful, and he needs to tell himself to relax. He still feels anxious about finding a job every now and then, and he has to find ways to calm his nerves himself. He said he is still learning how to relax.