Within a course of six hours, I went from feeling proud (first time in a long while) to feeling like $hit (as I've been prior to those six hours). Who would've thunk that my college GPA would come back to haunt me with such vengeance? I had an opportunity to interview at Google, but I'm passed over simply because my GPA wasn't high enough. Granted, it was pitiful, but this position is completely unrelated to the field I majored in. How does my performance in college forecast my ability to excel at Google? It's akin to measuring one's ability to snore for a job opening in web design.
As I said in my plea, this GPA does not reflect my cognitive abilities, but rather a poor choice in selecting my field of undergraduate studies.
In the end, I didn't have enough "Googliness," which ironically makes me more cognizant of my shortcomings. (How can anyone take that word seriously? I know - the person who ends up landing this job, that's who.)
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