Web Interview

Web Interview

Today I participate, for the first time, in a web interview. Even though the interview was only class activity I could feel the difference between a normal interview and web interview. Most part of our communication is our body language and that is why most people preferred doing one-a-one interview. However, with web conference companies are change their way of conducting interview.

 Web interview is more relaxing environment and you have more source to help you.  You can have notes, company’s website open in the top of your screen, and you can adjust sound. However, even though you can see the person some of the body language communication is missed. Therefore, I prefer normal interview where you can express yourself in a more fully way.

For what I learn from this practice I need to improve in three areas:

1.  Speak slowly,
2. be more concise
3.  more direct. 

Because the internet is a more relax environment we tend to speak more. However, we need to remember that we need to be objective, concise, and direct to the point in our answers. Also, When a get nervous I tend to speak faster. So I will, control my speed better and try to nauseate better my words.

What It is Wrong?

What It is Wrong?

This week I felt the dumbest person of the earth. I had two midterms and I had study a lot to each of them. I was feeling very confident when I was in line on the test center. In my mind everything was going to go well and I would get an A at the end. However, the end was not as I imagine. When a left the testing center I saw that I got the worse grade I ever got since I started BYU. I don’t know how to describe those feeling. I walked home think what I did wrong? I went to bed really disappointed with me. I taught through everything to see what I did wrong. After, an hour of my wife seeing me like that she said: “Bryan, sometimes things just don’t work out. We need to accept and move on” Those words really comforted me and they are true.

So I learn that wrong things happen and they will not happen only once. The will have several failures in our life. So we need to learn to deal with disappointment.

Now What? I will try to remember that sometimes thing just don’t work out but before accepting that I will work harder than ever to make things right.  

PAST DUE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?

It's for this week already??!!

This past week I felt like the picture on the top of the page. I had big three big project that took 5 to 7 hours each one, 2 essays, 3 midterms next week and the normal daily reading and homework. I felt that I would not have time to do everything. However, I learn three principle that help me to accomplish all that.

1                    .    Don’t sleep once a semester is part of learn

2                    .    Sometimes you will study on weekends

3                    .    Give yourself break so you don’t burnout

Those three principle helped me to understand more that to be full time student is like having a full time job. If you want to be a really good employee and standout from others you will need to work more than normal and sometimes work on weekends. As students it is not different, we need to study on hours that everybody else is playing or watching TV. However, if you don’t plan or leave everything to the last minutes those principle will not work.

NOW WHAT? I will study, plan, and follow those three principles during the end of the semester.  

Are You Protected from Hacks?

WHAT? This week I had a class were we talked about data protection and hacks. I never gave that much importance to computer security and virus because I never had something series happen to my computer. However, during that class we discuss how easy it is to hack computer, IPads, Phones and even cars. That discussion really made me realize that we are really venerable. We read a journal article where the writer sad that today is really easy to get credit card information, steal identity and even enter into the U.S military system and lunch a missile.

SO WHAT? In a world where everything is connected internet. Nobody needs to leave their house to buy, check bank statement or even do groceries. So if someone steal your information they can easily enter in your bank account, change your contracts and open new account in your name.

Now WHAT? I will be more careful when downloading programs and software from the internet and I will scan my computer one a week to see is does have any malware or virus.

General Conference

Today I learned so much from conference, it was amazing. However, my favorite talk was Elder Uchtdorf from the Priesthood section of the conference. He made an analogy between a particular part in the last supper when Christ said that one of the twelve would betrayed him and each of the apostles asked if it was him the one. Elder Uchtdorf taught that we need to be like those apostles and evaluate ourselves. We need to stop judging and looking for flaws in others and start evaluating our own progression in life. As students sometimes we start judging other because of their grades or how participative they are in class. As we start to compare with those student me stop focusing on us and our grades start to decrease. I had an experience like last semester in an economics class. Instead of trying my best on class, my goals was to get a grade better that a friend. I ended the class if a lower grade if I had study.

Another point that I taught from this story is to be open for learning. As the apostle asked “It is me Lord?” They are not only evaluating themselves but also open to learn.  We need to be open to learn new things. Sometimes we are so focus in tradition or the way a particular teacher taught that concept that we do not open our minds to learn a different way to do thing. As student we learn only theories and things should work but in real life never works the way books teach us. Therefore we need to be open to new ideas and form of doing things.

From all this things that I learn from Elder Uchdorf talk I will start comparing me with different student and just start given my best in class. And I will be open to learn new things every day even if it is a new word.