(tifu = today i f***ed up. technically this happened last week, but i still want to crawl under my bed and stay there.)
so i (26m) was doing a virtual interview for a job i *really* wanted. big tech company, remote position, dream role. i was nervous, obviously, but i thought i was holding it together.
about 10 minutes in, during one of those awkward “do you have any questions for us?” parts, i felt it. the pressure. i thought i could *sneak* it out silently. a classic stealth move.
reader, it was *not* silent.
it was loud. *cartoon-level* loud. and it *echoed*. because i was in my damn kitchen with tile floors and no carpet to absorb the shame.
i froze. interviewer froze. second interviewer *muted* for a second (to laugh?). i literally said:
“sorry, that was … not what i meant to bring to the table.”
…
and then we all burst out laughing.
i was sure i’d blown it. i sent a thank you email anyway, because professionalism or whatever.
they emailed back the next day: *“we loved your energy. welcome aboard.”*
i still don’t know if they mistook it for confidence or just felt bad for me, but hey — i’ll take it.
**tl;dr**: i made a sound that i really hoped would be silent … it wasn’t, during zoom interview, tried to style it out with a joke, somehow still got the job. still can’t look my webcam in the eye.