My motherโs best friend promised to help me get a job after graduation. I never asked her for one, so when I saw a vacancy at her company two months later, I applied quietly without telling her. A week later, I received an interview invitation. I walked into the interview room and froze when I saw her sitting on the panel. She smiled at me, and suddenly all my nervousness disappeared. I thought, โThis job is mine.โ The interview went incredibly well. I answered every question confidently, thanked the panel, and went home already imagining my first salary.
That evening...