My Reference Just Said the Wrong Thing

dan. DAN. please tell me you didn't say that 😭

i'm serious!! the hiring manager at Nova Tech called me this morning

she said my reference told her i am... "very creative with deadlines" 😐

DAN

"creative with deadlines" means you are ALWAYS LATE, dan 💀

she said she wants to ask me some more questions first. so the job is not gone YET

the call is at 11am today. i'm so nervous

ABSOLUTELY NOT

please do not touch this dan. i will handle it myself 🙏

you can start by telling me what ELSE you said to her 😒

ok that's actually good

dan that means i don't work well with people 😭😭

anything else???

i am going to scream

they are not secret!! they are normal!!

ok look. i need to prepare for this call. what are good things you can say about me? nice, normal, professional things

ok those are actually really good. why didn't you say THOSE things to her?? 😭

yes please. write them and send them to me. in simple, clear words this time

dan this is actually really sweet

"the best person on the team" haha ok 😊

ok. wish me luck

sorry i was just sitting quietly for a minute

So... the hiring manager, she was actually really nice. She asked me about the "creative with deadlines" thing and I just laughed and explained that my colleague... you know, he meant well but maybe used the wrong words. She laughed too! And then we talked for like, half an hour about my work. And she said... she said she will call me tomorrow with an answer. So. I don't know yet. But I think... I think it went okay?

i think so. she seemed to like me

haha. yes. definitely not because of you

good idea 😂 but thank you for the note. it really helped me

doing my best 🤞