I Won a Job Interview I Thought I Would Lose, Kenyan Graduate Shares His Experience

When Brian, a young graduate from Kisumu, completed his university education, he thought getting a job would be the next easy step in his life. He believed that with good grades, confidence, and determination, he would walk into the job market and quickly find opportunities. But life proved him wrong.

Month after month, he applied for countless positions, attended interviews, and waited for responses that never came. Every time he thought he had done well, he received rejection emails or complete silence. It reached a point where he started wondering if something was blocking his progress.

Brian remembers how discouraging it felt to watch his former classmates post photos celebrating their new jobs while he struggled in silence. He kept updating his CV, attending career fairs, and improving his interview skills, but nothing changed. At one point, he even started thinking that maybe he was meant to stay jobless.

His confidence began to fade, and his family noticed how frustrated he had become. Even when he finally got invited to a major interview in Nairobi, he walked in with doubt instead of hope, believing it would end like all the others.

One afternoon, while sitting with a friend in Umoja estate, he opened up about how tired he was of trying without success. His friend told him about a.To Continue Reading, Click Here