WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.692 [COSTCO SUBS PRESENTS] 00:00:03.692 --> 00:00:07.440 [Previously unaired footage] 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:09.592 How was the interview for that internship? 00:00:09.592 --> 00:00:10.840 I didn't get it. 00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:14.570 They said that I should find out for myself what I want to do. 00:00:14.570 --> 00:00:19.237 Masao, did you start playing in a band right after graduating from university? 00:00:20.351 --> 00:00:22.391 Actually, I went to grad school. 00:00:22.751 --> 00:00:24.991 -Oh, really? -He's bright... 00:00:26.319 --> 00:00:28.279 What did you study at university? 00:00:28.279 --> 00:00:29.939 -Wow, grad school... -At university... 00:00:29.939 --> 00:00:31.668 It may sound strange coming from me, but... 00:00:31.765 --> 00:00:36.128 I developed a diagnostic instrument for Metabolic Syndrome. 00:00:37.584 --> 00:00:38.514 Really! 00:00:38.514 --> 00:00:39.672 While I was developing the instrument... 00:00:39.672 --> 00:00:41.302 -He's really smart! -...I got Metabolic Syndrome myself, though. 00:00:41.302 --> 00:00:42.322 What is that? 00:00:42.322 --> 00:00:43.582 I have no idea. 00:00:44.843 --> 00:00:46.893 Were you interested in that kind of research? 00:00:47.083 --> 00:00:50.023 Yeah, I was especially interested in sounds. 00:00:50.023 --> 00:00:51.116 Something called ultrasound. 00:00:51.116 --> 00:00:52.886 So you were already going in that direction! 00:00:52.886 --> 00:00:55.893 Ultrasound is sound inaudible to the human ear. 00:00:55.893 --> 00:00:57.893 -That kind of... -Amazing! 00:00:57.893 --> 00:01:01.143 So I did my research, and since grad school is two years... 00:01:01.143 --> 00:01:05.573 I started job hunting in my second year, or perhaps the end of my first year. 00:01:06.406 --> 00:01:07.556 -More than... -So you did job hunting? 00:01:07.556 --> 00:01:08.386 I did. 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:11.800 -Oh, really? -About 20 companies. 00:01:12.850 --> 00:01:16.410 Because I've been working with medical instruments, like that ultrasound one, 00:01:16.670 --> 00:01:18.090 I first applied for jobs in that area, but... 00:01:18.090 --> 00:01:21.560 At some point I realized I might as well do something different. 00:01:22.017 --> 00:01:24.637 That's when I started looking at a lot of different areas. 00:01:27.047 --> 00:01:31.054 Over time, I got pretty good at job interviews. 00:01:31.474 --> 00:01:33.464 Me too, I've... 00:01:34.384 --> 00:01:39.324 ... been able to enjoy job interviews lately. 00:01:39.324 --> 00:01:40.304 -Really? -Yeah. 00:01:40.304 --> 00:01:42.704 So you're having fun at job interviews? 00:01:42.844 --> 00:01:43.534 Yeah. 00:01:43.762 --> 00:01:45.082 You enjoy them? 00:01:45.342 --> 00:01:47.572 So the interviews are going well, then? 00:01:48.322 --> 00:01:50.752 I had two job interviews yesterday. 00:01:50.752 --> 00:01:51.892 Oh, how did it go? 00:01:51.995 --> 00:01:54.625 Well, I don't know about one of them yet, but... 00:01:55.192 --> 00:01:58.232 I passed the first round in the one I went to first. 00:01:58.232 --> 00:02:01.932 I'll have another interview this month. 00:02:02.405 --> 00:02:03.975 What kind of company? 00:02:04.575 --> 00:02:06.015 It's like a recruitment agency. 00:02:06.015 --> 00:02:07.300 You follow? 00:02:07.300 --> 00:02:08.465 Like a recruitment service. 00:02:08.465 --> 00:02:09.789 "You follow?" 00:02:09.789 --> 00:02:10.931 She's making fun of me. 00:02:10.931 --> 00:02:11.889 I'm not, I'm not! 00:02:12.414 --> 00:02:15.705 I'm not making fun of you. They offer recruitment service. 00:02:17.195 --> 00:02:20.125 Is that something you want to do? 00:02:21.685 --> 00:02:23.663 I've been really interested... 00:02:24.278 --> 00:02:27.448 ... in working in recruitment. 00:02:27.448 --> 00:02:28.678 Oh, really? 00:02:29.334 --> 00:02:31.504 So you'd want to work there if you pass? 00:02:34.249 --> 00:02:35.899 Yeah, well... 00:02:36.123 --> 00:02:37.967 I really don't know what kind of job suits me. 00:02:37.967 --> 00:02:39.757 Like, what it is I want to do. 00:02:40.690 --> 00:02:41.870 I see. 00:02:42.330 --> 00:02:44.710 But, you know this may be a nasty question, but... 00:02:44.930 --> 00:02:47.100 You had an interview for HR that you didn't pass, right? 00:02:47.100 --> 00:02:48.440 What went wrong there? 00:02:49.140 --> 00:02:52.420 Well... They usually don't give you a reason. 00:02:52.420 --> 00:02:54.570 Do you have an idea what it could be? 00:02:54.570 --> 00:02:56.550 I wonder what I'm doing wrong... 00:02:57.230 --> 00:02:59.660 Now that you say it, I really wonder... 00:03:00.125 --> 00:03:03.505 I think it'd be good if you figured that out for yourself. 00:03:03.505 --> 00:03:05.595 Yeah, definitely. 00:03:07.238 --> 00:03:07.988 That's true. 00:03:07.988 --> 00:03:08.918 It's difficult. 00:03:09.896 --> 00:03:11.971 It's kind of been bothering me 00:03:12.181 --> 00:03:14.145 that you gave up applying for jobs in the wedding business. 00:03:14.145 --> 00:03:17.673 I saw it on the show and thought... 00:03:17.673 --> 00:03:19.625 I don't want you to give up because of that. 00:03:19.625 --> 00:03:22.395 But those were just my thoughts when I was watching the show. 00:03:22.395 --> 00:03:23.496 Yeah, totally. 00:03:23.496 --> 00:03:25.026 If it's something that you want to do... 00:03:25.026 --> 00:03:26.784 You should do what you want to do. 00:03:26.784 --> 00:03:30.544 Even if you don't get hired, it just means that company didn't want you. 00:03:30.794 --> 00:03:35.120 There's no need for you to worry because of all the other stuff. 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:38.090 I've been thinking about it a lot, and it bothered me. 00:03:38.471 --> 00:03:41.201 So I was wondering how your job hunting is going after that. 00:03:42.533 --> 00:03:48.430 But, well... It seems like you know what you want to do now. 00:03:48.430 --> 00:03:50.010 Yeah, that's right. 00:03:53.702 --> 00:03:58.382 Well, I still haven't figured out what it is I want to do. 00:03:58.842 --> 00:04:03.902 Right now I'm looking for jobs thinking I won't know if I don't try, so... 00:04:03.902 --> 00:04:04.664 Ah, I see. 00:04:04.664 --> 00:04:09.319 I mean, even if I found something I wanted to do... 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:11.229 In order to know what it's like, I have to try it first. 00:04:11.229 --> 00:04:13.159 It's the same the other way around... 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:15.559 Even though it wasn't my first choice, 00:04:15.559 --> 00:04:20.819 I might find a place that I really like once I start working there. 00:04:21.149 --> 00:04:25.059 It's sad that you had to get beaten down like that... 00:04:25.376 --> 00:04:29.066 I thought you needed to overcome that. 00:04:29.457 --> 00:04:31.607 But I see that you've managed brilliantly. 00:04:31.607 --> 00:04:34.007 I actually feel like you just taught me a lesson. 00:04:34.007 --> 00:04:35.077 No, no, no! 00:04:35.077 --> 00:04:37.127 Thank you so much. 00:04:37.985 --> 00:04:41.525 I'd like you to come to me for advice. 00:04:42.333 --> 00:04:44.403 Because I've been through it myself. 00:04:44.403 --> 00:04:46.043 Thank you, really. 00:04:46.043 --> 00:04:47.823 Sorry for bringing this up while eating. 00:04:47.823 --> 00:04:48.963 -Not at all. -Not at all. 00:04:48.963 --> 00:04:50.633 It just came up. 00:04:52.200 --> 00:04:53.910 Let's talk more some other time. 00:04:54.290 --> 00:04:59.550 [Translated and Timed by MrsChap] [Reviewed by koma & Mel]