It's ramadan and I want to share this incident that happened to me a few months back. So basically there was this internal post that opened where i work. It's one of those truly promotion jobs. Better pay, flexi time more rewards you name it.
Lots of folks went for it and i put my name in the hat too. Now this is monday. By tuesday everyone who applied got a reply saying folks are up for interviews. Now my interview was meant to be on a thursday. Now thursday morning comes and i got no water at home. So i called work and said no water and they said come in whenever you like. So there i am thinking should i take the entire day off. They won't know about it. They are taking my word for it.
Now you are probably thinking about what about the interview? You know what? I totally forgot about it. I wallahi thought that my interview was friday. For some strange reason i could not explain. So i was lying in bed thinking, just take the day off and prep for the inteeview in the evening for friday which is ironically is on thursday. After one hour the water comes back. Now i am sitting there thinking. should i go to work or no. Part of me thinks i should be honest and go and part says man they will never know. They will take your word for it. They already see the reports of burst pipes from water company website which says ongoing repairs not finished.
In the end, i was like man they might not know but illahi knows. So long story shot i went to work. Now here's the funny part. AFter two hours i hear the manager call my name and says yo you have 20 minutes to get ready for your interview. i was like huh what u talkin about? my interview is on friday. he says nope. ur's today son. and he looked at me funny. I was like i am screwed. I did not prepare. did not dress the part. I was like man what an idiot. i was cussing myself. anyhow i went literally like a blind man in an alley to get interviewed. 4 hours later i was told i got the job. subhanallah. I was shocked when i was told that. I literally didnt know what i was talking about. Even if i prepped i didnt think i was going to beat folks who were there before me. The manager goes. we liked you and although you didnt give us all the answers we were looking for...there was something about you that we liked above everyone else.
So brothers and sisters, what i am trying to say is if you match your internal deeds with the outward deeds illahi would look favourably on you. This is important in today's world where alot of people show one face to the public and another in private not knowing that illahi is watching everything.
Lots of folks went for it and i put my name in the hat too. Now this is monday. By tuesday everyone who applied got a reply saying folks are up for interviews. Now my interview was meant to be on a thursday. Now thursday morning comes and i got no water at home. So i called work and said no water and they said come in whenever you like. So there i am thinking should i take the entire day off. They won't know about it. They are taking my word for it.
Now you are probably thinking about what about the interview? You know what? I totally forgot about it. I wallahi thought that my interview was friday. For some strange reason i could not explain. So i was lying in bed thinking, just take the day off and prep for the inteeview in the evening for friday which is ironically is on thursday. After one hour the water comes back. Now i am sitting there thinking. should i go to work or no. Part of me thinks i should be honest and go and part says man they will never know. They will take your word for it. They already see the reports of burst pipes from water company website which says ongoing repairs not finished.
In the end, i was like man they might not know but illahi knows. So long story shot i went to work. Now here's the funny part. AFter two hours i hear the manager call my name and says yo you have 20 minutes to get ready for your interview. i was like huh what u talkin about? my interview is on friday. he says nope. ur's today son. and he looked at me funny. I was like i am screwed. I did not prepare. did not dress the part. I was like man what an idiot. i was cussing myself. anyhow i went literally like a blind man in an alley to get interviewed. 4 hours later i was told i got the job. subhanallah. I was shocked when i was told that. I literally didnt know what i was talking about. Even if i prepped i didnt think i was going to beat folks who were there before me. The manager goes. we liked you and although you didnt give us all the answers we were looking for...there was something about you that we liked above everyone else.
So brothers and sisters, what i am trying to say is if you match your internal deeds with the outward deeds illahi would look favourably on you. This is important in today's world where alot of people show one face to the public and another in private not knowing that illahi is watching everything.