So I had this job interview today.
It was at the firm that employs my friend Nick and this guy. Nick very kindly forwarded over my resume and I got a call from a very nice woman in the HR department at about 1.00pm.
By 3.00pm I was dressed up and in her office.
I was then subjected to 2 hours worth of skills testing on subjects like Typing, MS Word, Filing (both alphabetically and numerically), proofreading, and math word problems. Imagine a shorter version of the SAT.
I did very well. I know this because I knew all the answers. I love when that happens. But, I have been working in offices to support myself for a good while now and I'm quite good at it. I was most proud of the math section, which forced me to dredge up memories of high school and Algebra I, which I was able to do without vomiting. And we thought we'd never use any of that stuff. :)
After all this was completed, I got to sit down with my HR person and have an actual interview. Boy did I sparkle pretty for the nice lady! Again, I had all the right answers, even to the tough questions like why I was fired from a particular job several years ago.
She told me that my greatest liability was that I was an actor and that I might get an acting job that would require my leaving town for awhile. My answer to that was that, if such a thing became as issue, I would be happy to find and train a temp to cover for me in my absence. And I told her that I had done this in the past to the satisfaction of all involved.
I really do hope I get this one. It really is a perfect job for me. It's technically part time, but, if I can get the salary I want at 25 hours a week, then I can make ends meet. And there are even benefits. Whee!
Sadly, they are seeing more people next week, so the decisions will not be made any time soon. And there is at least one more round of interviews to get past with others at the firm before I'd get it.
But I did do everything short of performing a little dance on the conference table to "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line.
God, I hope I get it.
Posted by Jere at February 19, 2004 01:03 AM | TrackBack