Actually I kinda got over the company, but somehow through another round of events, they give me reason to be really upset this time.
They did not only send me a rejection letter, but they bad-mouthed about me to the uni's director of career services. She was the one who had posted the ad for them at our uni's notice board and little did I know that they must have been buddies coz I remember her mentioning that she had the company's President on her Skype list.
While taking a break down Kansai area, I got this email from her saying I should "LEARN (yes, in caps!) from this process" and "really need to look at in evaluating (myself) and how (I) conducted the job hunt". Apparently they told her that I put off a project, rearranged the telephone calls time and again and when it finally went through, I only talked about money and lifestyle.
What a bunch of twisted stories. First of all, I did a project for ANOTHER company which I was also interviewing for, and I only asked for a 2-day extension because it clashed with the deadline of my thesis. The President that company was fine with it and was even supportive that I should concentrate on my studies first.
Secondly, it wasn't the telephone calls which I postponed, it was the Skype interview. And lastly, for the particular interview which I postponed and apologised for, I did not mention about money. That was in the PREVIOUS interview as they asked me to go down Tokyo to start work for them before graduation. It was only natural then that I enquired about travelling and accomodation expenses. Wouldn't that be a sign that they wanted you to work as soon as possible, and a green light to ask about reimbursement?
I emailed her back, while on holiday (already spoilt by this load of accusations) and maintained that I did everything they asked, on my own initiative. I even asked her which project she was referring to.
She still defended the company by saying that this was the reason why they rejected me, then apologised for the mix-up with the other company about the project which I did. Then, to rub it in and not sound like she messed up the accusations, she said I shouldn't let travelling interfere with my job hunting.
Since there was no point in emailing her to defend myself, I replied by saying that I would meet her directly when I get back to campus to clear things up. I went to meet her the first thing I came back, even though I was tired after the 7 hour train ride from Tokyo. Even before I could finish saying what I had wanted to say, she quickly said "Well, we all have our own versions of reality". What the..?!
Since I still had the unreplied email of hers, I'm thinking of sending it back with what I had left out in that conversation with her. I'm planning to tell her to check her stories with both sides before jumping into conclustions. Besides, no other companies have complained about me before with regards to job interviews, and that I wish this particular company have set the story straight even though I postponed the interview.
Furthermore, I only started my travels after settling everything related to studies and job hunting. I even kept in contact with other companies, so my travel plans were no barrier to any job interviews. In fact, all interviews with this company were prior to my travels and inititated by myself.
Do you think I should send that email to her, or just let it go?
BTW, I was really excited and wanted to post up pictures and stories about my recent holiday, but I'll have to go down Tokyo again in a few days for another interview.
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