I thought I failed the interview for NOVA while I was in Boston. The question was "What kind of people annoy you?" 

After I made my decision to accept the interview I needed to let my family know, and I knew it would be a difficult conversation. At the same time, I was stepping out of college and into real world but had very little sense of how to communicate with working professionals and less sense of how to dress the part. I retreated to places that gave me confidence and used that to set my trajectory outside my area of comfort. In my mind, I was already on the way to Japan and these important steps we all but given; however, I absolutely did not make it easy for myself.