"my first job interview" - GT short answer - being outside of the comfort zone

We challenge our students to 'be comfortable being uncomfortable'. Tell us about a time in high school that you felt outside of your comfort zone and the resolution. (max 150 words)

an uncomfortable situation, event

"Hi, my name is Stephanie, and you are Guangze, correct?" The first words rolling out of my manager's tongue. I had never been in an interview before; millions of questions flooded my mind as I began to formulate a response. I replied stutteringly, "Y-yes my name is Guangze, what's yours?" I genuinely wanted this job, and I just humiliated myself in front of the manager. Great. I've always approached every challenge through preparation, illuding it will make me succeed. I had a list of answers for the interview readily lined up in my mind. However, my brain had blanked out two seconds in, leading me into an unfamiliar situation where my normal logical fallacies faded away. I had one option: be myself; and in doing so, I came out with a job and a life changing experience. I've altered my approach and see things now with a hint of optimism.

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Does my response answer the prompt clearly and concisely? Is there anything, grammar wise, that should be corrected?

Thanks.

Guangze Zu, your essay definitely addresses the prompt in a clear and concise way. It is also creative and has a fluid language.
Maybe if, instead of past tense, you used present while narrating your job interview, your essay would be even more vivid. It is just a small observation. Your essay is already very expressive.

As a non-native speaker, I'm not the best person to find grammar mistakes but, apparently, everything is fine.

Good luck on your application!

Guangze , your response is totally inappropriate for the prompt provided. This s not something that happened to you in high school. This is evident because you are presenting a job interview scenario. I believe that you misunderstood the prompt provided or, you did not understand what the prompt was asking you to do. That is why you led with a professional instead of student scenario response. The prompt specifically asks you to :

Tell us about a time in high school that you felt outside of your comfort zone and the resolution.

The keyword in the prompt is High School since you are a college applicant. Therefore, you did not respond to the prompt at all. Since the problem is that you provided the wrong response, the grammar and consistency of your sentence structures are irrelevant to the statement. Think about that "uncomfortable but comfortable" scenario from high school. Then, just to be clear about when happened, mention what high school level you were in when it happened.