Chapter 95 Missed Opportunity

Interview

Chi Dong followed the previous student in line and handed in his resume to the recruiter. The young woman who received his resume glanced down and saw that the student was from another school. Her brows wrinkled immediately, then she looked up for two seconds and whispered a few words to the man next to her.

Hearing this, the man first looked through Chi Dong's resume carefully, but there was nothing outstanding about it. He was about to refuse, but he suddenly remembered that the boss mentioned "treating everyone equally" in a meeting a few days ago.

So he stopped saying no, thought for a moment, and finally left Chi Dong's resume and nodded slightly to the woman next to him.

Seeing this, the young woman knew that this meant they had passed the screening, so she smiled and said to Chi Dong and the other boy, "Congratulations on passing the resume screening. We will notify you of the interview by text message later."

Chi Dong was ecstatic, but he suppressed his excitement and kept saying "thank you" to the two of them. It was not until the students behind him urged him that he came to his senses, so he quickly apologized and left the venue.

After all, the goal has been achieved and there is no point in staying here any longer.

After returning to the dormitory, it was already past five in the afternoon. Chi Dong decided to go to the cafeteria to eat something before going to the hospital. Because he had an interview today, his father took a day off to stay in the hospital to look after his mother in order not to worry him.

Chidong didn't plan to go back to the dormitory tonight. Everyone in his major had finished their exams and most of them had gone home for the holiday.

Several people in their dormitory had packed their luggage in advance, especially Lin Jie, who had told Chi Dong that he was going to travel during the holidays and invited Chi Dong to join him. But Chi Dong refused without even thinking about it. In his current situation, let alone traveling, he would probably have to perform on the street in a while.

However, he did not tell the truth, but made excuses saying that he had something to do and could not go. Seeing this, Lin Jie could only say with regret that they would go again when they had time in the future.

After that, he took his luggage and went home that day. As for Zhou Yize and Cheng Mo, they also said hello to Chi Dong in advance yesterday and took the bus home, so now he was the only one living in the dormitory.

Although living alone is free, it is somewhat lonely. Chidong has become accustomed to the noisy campus life and eating with roommates every day. Now that they have all gone back, he inevitably feels a little disappointed.

The reason for staying at the school this time was partly because my mother was still in hospital for treatment, and partly because living at the school could save some rent costs.

Several days passed like this before I finally received the interview message from ET. During this period, Chidong interviewed several companies and received some good offers.

On the day he received the text message, he was in the hospital with his mother Chi, peeling fruit and chatting with her. At this time, the phone rang, and Chi Dong lowered his head and opened it without paying much attention.

Suddenly there was a "bang" and the fruit in his hand fell directly to the ground.

"My dear, what's wrong? Did something happen?" Mother Chi saw his look of disbelief, then looked at the dirty fruit lying on the ground, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. She then bent down, picked it up, and threw it into the trash can beside her.

"No, nothing." Chi Dong was obviously startled, his eyes were wide open, and he was very excited. His hands were pinching the bed sheet unconsciously. "Mom, I have a very important interview tomorrow, so I may have to come to the hospital later."

Chi's mother patted his hands with a kind smile and said, "Go ahead. With your father here, nothing will happen to mom."

"Uh-huh."

It was approaching midsummer. Dark clouds gathered outside the window, blocking half of the summer heat. A gentle breeze blew, rustling the leaves. Chi Dong peeled another apple and placed it on the table. He glanced at the scenery outside the window, stood up and approached the window, staring into the distance without blinking, and murmured softly.

“It’s going to rain.”

"As the old saying goes, rain means good luck. Rain means everything will go smoothly. Mom wishes you all the best and a smooth interview."

"Yeah, I'll try my best."

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Early the next morning, Chidong put on his only formal suit, dressed himself neatly, and then rushed to the city center. The interview location was at the ET. company headquarters.

According to past practice, internship recruitment interviews would usually be conducted in the branch office in the neighboring city. However, a scandal occurred there last year. Not only did someone bribe employees to get in through the back door, but some interns were also arbitrarily removed from the list, which was later exposed on the Internet.

When the news reached the headquarters, the higher-ups were furious and sent people to deal with the matter immediately before it became serious, so that the company's stock price was not affected. Later, they ordered that all interviews should be held at the headquarters starting from this year.

The moment Chi Dong saw the address, his heartbeat suddenly quickened, and a thought came to his mind: Will he meet Senior Bu there?

No! As soon as this thought came to mind, Chi Dong slammed it back.

He had always been unlucky, how could he meet her by chance? Moreover, a big CEO like Bu Qianli must be working at the highest level. And all of them who went to apply for the job were arranged on the fifth floor, so the chance of meeting her was slim.

Chi Dong's gaze fell quietly on the lush trees outside the window. He recalled that since Bu Qianli added him on WeChat last time, the two of them had not chatted much.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to chat, but he took the initiative to send a message, but he didn’t receive a reply until very late. The message said that he was too busy and couldn’t reply in time, and asked him to forgive him.

In addition, there were not many topics for the two of them to talk about, and they always said the same few sentences. Over time, Chi Dong gave up on continuing to disturb him.

Later, whenever he opened WeChat and saw the familiar avatar above the pinned column, he would click on it involuntarily and stare at the dialogue box in a daze for the whole day.

There were several times when he almost couldn't hold back. He typed and deleted, then typed again, hesitating and struggling. In the end, he was worried that Bu Qianli would notice his feelings, so he still didn't send the message.

He didn't tell Bu Qianli that he was going to ET. for an interview. He didn't want to be seen as someone who was trying to get in through the back door.

Although the competition for this interview was fierce, he had made sufficient preparations. If he still failed in the end, he could only say that he had no chance of being with ET.

Following the address on the interview notice, Chi Dong arrived at the company building early. He thought he had arrived early enough, but when he walked in, he found that there were many people who arrived earlier than him.

Chi Dong followed the queue behind the others to register. When it was his turn to sign, he saw several pages of names on the registration form. He was filled with surprise. There were so many people!

After registering, Chi Dong waited for the elevator with several students who were also here for interviews. It was rush hour, so there were a lot of people waiting for the elevator.

Seeing more and more people coming in from behind, Chi Dong unconsciously took a few steps back, keeping a certain distance from this group of fashionable and beautiful girls, thinking secretly in his heart: The interview location is on the fifth floor, which is not very high, why not take the stairs?

There were many people who shared the same idea as Chi Dong, so they looked at each other and walked towards the safe passage in tacit understanding.

Chi Dong walked in last. As soon as he stepped in, the door of the emergency passage closed automatically, and thus he missed the chance to meet someone he had been thinking about.

At this time, there was a noise outside the door. Today was the day when the president of ET. Company returned from a business trip, and some students did not choose to follow Chi Dong and the others up the stairs, so they were lucky enough to see Bu Qianli appear.

On the other side, Chi Dong and others came to the fifth floor. Coincidentally, an elevator also went up to the fifth floor. Several people came out of the elevator, including the young woman they had seen at the last recruitment site.

A group of them followed the woman to the waiting room, where only half of the seats were empty. Chi Dong did not choose a seat specifically, but casually picked a seat in the corner and sat down.

After about ten minutes, a staff member walked in with a box and asked them to draw lots. Then they went into the conference room for interviews in batches according to the numbers they drew.

Chi Dong’s luck was neither good nor bad, and he drew a middle number - 37.

He sat in the corner, looking at the ET. company brochure he got from the first floor, and occasionally looked up at the interview room.

An interview is going on in the conference room.

Chi Dong watched the students coming in and out, and carefully noticed that each of them had a different expression on their face when they came out.

Some had blank expressions on their faces, but walked out with confident steps, looking very confident. Others walked out with slumped faces, drooped shoulders, and dejected looks, looking as if they had failed.

He estimated the time it took them to come out. Some were longer, some were shorter, but no matter what, it was no more than ten minutes.

Chi Dong sat there waiting for a long time before he heard the staff calling his name. He pursed his lips nervously, tightened his hand holding the booklet, took a deep breath, pretended to be calm, and tried to keep smiling.

Following the staff into the conference room, he saw seven interviewers. This was his first time to have an interview with so many interviewers. Previously, there were only two or three interviewers, and no more than five at most.

And this was just the first round of interviews and there were so many interviewers. When he was climbing the stairs just now, he accidentally heard a few people walking in front of him saying that the second round of interviews would be for higher-level management.

It seems like it’s really hard to get into a big company!

Chi Dong sat down a little awkwardly. Each of the seven interviewers had his resume and some works in his hands, including some game planning and plans, and some game designs. These were all works he completed with the help of his teacher.

But these are just his ideas, he hopes to realize them in the future. But that is a long time in the future, now he just wants to pass the interview and get an internship at ET.

Several interviewers were talking to each other in low voices from time to time. Chi Dong sat there waiting for a while, and then someone started asking him questions.

"Your work and resume are in line with our company's requirements. Although the work is a little immature, the creativity and ideas are very good, and it has a personal style. I like it very much." A young and beautiful lady sitting on the far left said with a smile. She gave Chi Dong a very good evaluation.

Just when Chi Dong was secretly delighted, thinking this was a good sign, the other six interviewers asked him some very tricky and strange questions.

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