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Im am part of this internship program at my college. Basically you apply to internships via the college and results came in today. I got an offer from a nice company with great pay. I should be very excited but I dont know why Im not. There is also a ranking option where if the person given the offer declines people who ranked the same as the job did (job ranks you 1 and you rank them 1) will get it. I hope that makes sense. An even bigger company ranked me and I was really sad I didnt get an offer but my gut is telling me to rank them. If I rank I no longer have my original job offer. Most people I have talked to think I should play it safe and take the offer and it made me even more sad because I thought I would have someone encouraging me to rank and take the risk. If I rank and do not get it I will have to continue applying and there is a chance I wont get an as good offer. I had such a gut feeling but now my confidence is shattered and I have no clue what to do. I no longer have that gut feeling. What would you do in my situation? I cant tell if I want to rank because I truly feel confident or if its because its a bigger company. When I interview for the company I felt very confident as I answered majority of the questions correctly and he even said this was the best answer he had gotten which I think is why I feel so upset I didnt get an offer. Im never usually this confident in anything. Any advice will be appreciated, thank you.
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Wow, that's a challenging situation. Basically, you're never gonna know if you made the right call. But this is ONE internship in what is most likely a long life and career, and either choice could have good and not-so-good things to follow. Attitude is half, luck is half, basically. But the practice of making decisions is something that can stick with you. If you take the "safe" choice, will that lead to a pattern of making "safe" choices? If you take the risk, will that lead to a pattern of you trusting your gut? Is there more information that you can obtain that will make the risks/rewards clearer? Or do you know just about all the useful information you'll be able to get before deciding?
My gut says take the risk. Not because I think you'll get the other internship you want... you might, you might not... but because the habit feels useful and because you're already not excited about the offer on the table. But if you don't take the risk, then take the risk of figuring out how to love the internship you take and learn something amazing from it.
Good luck, whatever you choose.
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