Waiting Game

John Le Carre wrote, in one of his books, that “Spying is waiting”. The same can be said for job searching.

I am told that a big shot in my bank has expressed surprise that my bank cannot find me a position in Bangalore. It would be nice if the surprise materialized into concrete action.

I had a telephonic interview with a financial research firm the day before yesterday. The interview was scheduled for 7:30 pm. I did not hear anything until 8:30 pm, and then e-mailed the guy asking whether we were going ahead. He immediately replied apologizing for the delay, and said he was just going to call to let me know that his call would be delayed by an hour. I said it was no problem at all.

Their website says that timely delivery to clients is one of their strengths.

The interview was ok. He said nice things about my CV, but said he could not see a direct fit between my background and their business. Anyway, he would discuss internally and revert. I thanked him for his time.

I have three leads on hand. I assess my chances of landing a job in these 3 places as 20%, 25% and 40% respectively. Individually, the picture looks somewhat bleak. I take refuge in probability, and calculate that the mathematical probability of not landing a job in any of these places is only 36%. That looks better.

Job searching is waiting.