April 11, 2006

• Well.
  That was an interview.

  I have no idea how it went.

  I got there about 10 minutes early and checked in at the front desk. I
  was given the "test" (note the use of quotation marks here because it
  wasn't really much of a test, more of a "how well do you remember high
  school chemistry") and I had half an hour to do it. It took me about 5
  minutes, including going over it twice and trying to make sure that the
  essay questions (about why I wanted this job and the like) were
  grammatically correct.

  Then I sat in the lobby and waited. For about 45 minutes. I hate
  waiting. But, I was patient and good and read a magazine and tried to
  not tap my feet.

  Finally, my turn. And it's a committee of women. Four of them. All
  about mid-thirties or so, all very professional and all very bored with
  having to do this all day (the lady before me was seriously in there
  forever, I juts wonder if she talked THAT much, or if my answers were
  way freaking short). They asked me 12 questions (all pre-planned) and
  they asked everyone else the same 12 questions.

  I think I was in there about 25 or 30 minutes at most. So I'm seriously
  paranoid now. Especially since there was no mention at all of
  polygraphing. I don't know if that's required ONLY if you are the
  person that they decide they want or if that was their subtle way of
  telling me the interview sucked.

  Positives: there are TWO unfilled positions that are being filled by
  this interview, not one - which doubles my chances of getting the job.
  There are also no on-call hours required and no weekend hours required.

  Negatives: Now I really want the job - as they do in house DNA work and
  that's really where my interest lies. And I am now crazy paranoid that
  I simply didn't answer well or that I simply look way too young. Damn
  looking 12 and being short!

  • 5:44 pm
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