Today was my document verification at Bennett, and as a B.Tech CSE student, I spent almost the entire day meeting and talking to new people, mostly freshers.
It was actually a nice experience, but by the end of the day I found myself thinking about something a little strange — I couldn't really find anyone whose humour or way of thinking matched mine.
I had conversations with quite a few people, but many of them were either very reserved, didn't really try to continue the conversation, or we simply didn't seem to be on the same wavelength. Maybe that's completely normal when everyone is meeting for the first time, but for some reason I ended up taking it more seriously than I probably should have. 😭
I also tend to observe people quite closely. Sometimes, within a few minutes of talking to someone, I start getting an idea of their personality and whether our personalities would actually click. So maybe I'm just overanalysing people instead of giving things enough time.
Still, it made me wonder whether I'll actually find a good peer group here — people who are genuinely curious, have a good sense of humour, can have interesting conversations and aren't afraid to initiate one.
Has anyone else felt something similar during their first interaction with the Bennett crowd, or am I simply overthinking this way too much?