Does First Impression Matter? or Do Second?
Hmm… this is a very serious question which has a lot of scenarios/perspectives to it but I’ll dwell on just 2 scenarios for the purpose of this conversation.
First Scenario: is when you’re fully prepared for a situation/event and then you find yourself where you have to prove yourself worthy, due to this ignorance you’re not able to do the needful, would you say that there should be a second chance to rewrite the wrong or just carry on knowing that you had an opportunity which you lost, been judged and cast away based off that singular act and punish yourself for this.
Invariably you could make sure to ensure that the second chance you get for another impression is well thought out, getting the necessary skills and trainings, getting well informed in that topic/subject and embracing that you may fail also bearing in mind that you’re open to learn, feedback and criticisms.
Second Scenario: is when you go for an interview and you think you did well but you got a call or email that you were not chosen. Does this mean that you are not a good fit or that you did not have the right skills they were looking for?
I think in this case, the essence of having the candidates go through several stages of interviews is to properly gauge their strengths in different areas that are relevant to the role, allow different interviewers identify what the last interviewer missed and make an informed decision on whether he/she is a good candidate.
I would say the candidate had several opportunity of proving themselves, that’s not to say it’s cast in stone but the stages of interviews in my point of view indicates the number of opportunities the individual got to show themselves worthy.
Depending on our life experiences, we are faced with different scenarios which I think we are given more than one chance to prove ourselves. If and when we are able to find that is solely on us, by constantly learning, asking questions (curiosity), setting SMART goals, intentionally developing our emotional intelligence.
Seeing from the image , you’ll see the lady came for an interview but was offered a cup of coffee by the receptionist, it happened that the interviewer came out at about the same time she held the coffee and mistakenly spilled it over on the interviewer… what will you do in this situation?
We can only feel what others feel and make decisions in that regard when we empathise, that is what true empathy means .
Would we give her the chance to have a Second Impression? I think this is where Empathy comes in.
