【44th WEEK】「何がダメなんだろう…」優衣、就職活動の現在地

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[Previously unaired footage]

How was the interview for that internship?

I didn't get it.

They said that I should find out
for myself what I want to do.

Masao, did you start playing in a band
right after graduating from university?

Actually, I went to grad school.

-Oh, really?
-He's bright...

What did you study at university?

-Wow, grad school...
-At university...

It may sound strange
coming from me, but...

I developed a diagnostic instrument
for Metabolic Syndrome.

Really!

While I was developing the instrument...

-He's really smart!
-...I got Metabolic Syndrome myself, though.

What is that?

I have no idea.

Were you interested
in that kind of research?

Yeah, I was especially
interested in sounds.

Something called ultrasound.

So you were already
going in that direction!

Ultrasound is sound inaudible
to the human ear.

-That kind of...
-Amazing!

So I did my research, and since
grad school is two years...

I started job hunting in my second year,
or perhaps the end of my first year.

-More than...
-So you did job hunting?

I did.

-Oh, really?
-About 20 companies.

Because I've been working with medical
instruments, like that ultrasound one,

I first applied for jobs in that area, but...

At some point I realized I might
as well do something different.

That's when I started looking
at a lot of different areas.

Over time, I got pretty good
at job interviews.

Me too, I've...

... been able to enjoy job
interviews lately.

-Really?
-Yeah.

So you're having fun at job interviews?

Yeah.

You enjoy them?

So the interviews are going well, then?

I had two job interviews yesterday.

Oh, how did it go?

Well, I don't know about
one of them yet, but...

I passed the first round in
the one I went to first.

I'll have another interview this month.

What kind of company?

It's like a recruitment agency.

You follow?

Like a recruitment service.

"You follow?"

She's making fun of me.

I'm not, I'm not!

I'm not making fun of you.
They offer recruitment service.

Is that something you want to do?

I've been really interested...

... in working in recruitment.

Oh, really?

So you'd want to work there if you pass?

Yeah, well...

I really don't know
what kind of job suits me.

Like, what it is I want to do.

I see.

But, you know this may be
a nasty question, but...

You had an interview for HR
that you didn't pass, right?

What went wrong there?

Well... They usually don't
give you a reason.

Do you have an idea
what it could be?

I wonder what I'm doing wrong...

Now that you say it,
I really wonder...

I think it'd be good if
you figured that out for yourself.

Yeah, definitely.

That's true.

It's difficult.

It's kind of been bothering me

that you gave up applying for
jobs in the wedding business.

I saw it on the show and thought...

I don't want you to give
up because of that.

But those were just my thoughts
when I was watching the show.

Yeah, totally.

If it's something that you want to do...

You should do what you want to do.

Even if you don't get hired, it just
means that company didn't want you.

There's no need for you to worry
because of all the other stuff.

I've been thinking about it a lot,
and it bothered me.

So I was wondering how your
job hunting is going after that.

But, well... It seems like you
know what you want to do now.

Yeah, that's right.

Well, I still haven't figured out
what it is I want to do.

Right now I'm looking for jobs thinking
I won't know if I don't try, so...

Ah, I see.

I mean, even if I found
something I wanted to do...

In order to know what it's like,
I have to try it first.

It's the same the other way around...

Even though it wasn't my first choice,

I might find a place that I really like
once I start working there.

It's sad that you had to get
beaten down like that...

I thought you needed to overcome that.

But I see that you've
managed brilliantly.

I actually feel like you
just taught me a lesson.

No, no, no!

Thank you so much.

I'd like you to come to me for advice.

Because I've been through it myself.

Thank you, really.

Sorry for bringing this up while eating.

-Not at all.
-Not at all.

It just came up.

Let's talk more some other time.

[Translated and Timed by MrsChap]
[Reviewed by koma & Mel]