Proudest Achievement

"We will send you an email regarding your background check. Please get back to us as soon as possible so we can have you come in and do the paperwork," said the hiring manager at Apple over the phone. 

As I hang up the phone I danced and shouted "Yes." 

This was a phone call that I have been waiting for six months. 

I saw a position opening at the Apple store on website Handshake in May of 2017.

I thought about applying for this position back in May of 2017, but I did not think I had enough experience to apply. 

I made it my goal to join Apple by the end of 2017. 

I joined AT&T's sales team in June of 2017.

The AT&T sales team required me to sell its services door-to-door. 

In the sweltering weather, I knocked over 75 doors a day, three times each.

We were out six days out of the week to go out and work from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.

My feet often got blisters from speed walking around the neighborhood three times. 

The job was commission based so if I did not make a sale, I did not make any money. 

About half of the days that I was out there, I did not make a sale. 

Most neighbors gave me a disgusted look and tried their best to get me off their property. 

I constantly got rejected and was told to get off the property. 

Some even cursed and yelled at me for knocking on their door.

The job taught me how to interact with people in the best way possible under the grueling condition and to be optimistic during the worst times. 

There is nothing more nerve-racking than being in a stranger's house at 9 p.m. trying to close the sale to get some money before the day ends. 

I wanted to give up and quit after two weeks but I had to keep going in order to get enough experience to apply for Apple.

I stayed with AT&T for four months.

It was the toughest four months that I had endured in my life. 

I applied to Apple in November of 2017 and interviewed for the job. 

The interview was a group interview with four interviewees and two interviewers. 

I felt confident as I sat among the rest of the interviewees. 

Doing door-to-door was the hardest thing I have done in my entire life. 

The pressure I felt during the interview at Apple was nothing compared to door-to-door. 

I felt confident as I left the interview. 

I got the phone call from Apple on the same day that I got my interview. 

I have achieved a goal that I was chasing for six months. 

It was one of the hardest four months that I had to live through.

Employment with Apple and the four months that I worked for AT&T is the proudest achievements that I have accomplished so far.