Celebrating Failure

This semester I failed at getting multiple internship opportunities. I went to career showcase and got interviews with 3 companies. Through these interviews I failed at 2 of them. I also submitted many online applications where my resume didn't even make it past screening and I didn't get interviews. This was very hard because so much time and energy goes into prepping for interviews. I really thought I nailed the interviews and the week of waiting to hear if you made it for a second round really built up the suspense. Since my anticipation was so high, it was extra hard to hear that I did not make it for a second round interview. I learned from these failures that it's not that you aren't good enough for a company, it's that you just might not be the best fit. I also learned to not set my expectations too high, usually about 10% of interviews are successful so receiving an offer from 1/3 was perfectly normal. I went a lot of years without being rejected or failing at things. I was lucky enough to succeed in almost anything if I really set my mind to it and tried hard. I don't like failure and refuse to accept it most of the time. This experience of trying my best and still being rejected taught me to handle that and learn from it. I know now that sometimes your best isn't enough but that's not a bad thing it just means you need to find something else to succeed in. I think if I were to be rejected from job offers in the future I would be much more level headed about it. This class taught me that entrepreneurship entails a lot of failure and correction. This has made failure a more acceptable option to me. After this class I can now see failure as an okay thing to do as long as you correct and keep moving forward.