Now that Easter's over, I'm back home from spending the holiday with family and friends. I'm back to work on the unemployment front. So to speak.
My job interview today went well. I met with my potential supervisor and the person who now has the job to hear about the job. It's something which is well-suited to my background and experience, and I hope they were able to see that in between my resume and the interview. They didn't ask me a lot of questions, but I believe I answered what they did ask fairly well.
After the interview, I had to go to the agency which sent me on the interview -- yes, it's a long-term temporary position -- and fill out all sorts of forms. I9 forms, tax forms, reference check forms, non-disclosure forms, and something else which may have more or less signed my life away.
I should know by Wednesday whether or not I got the job.
Showing posts with label job interview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label job interview. Show all posts
Monday, April 13, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Interviews
I have a job interview on Monday.
I'm both happy and nervous about this.
Happy because it's an interview for a job I want at a place I've wanted to work. I have a good chance of getting this job, and I want and need to go back to work.
Nervous because it's a job interview. Job interviews make me uncomfortable, and I haven't been on an interview in a little while.
When I was in outplacement counseling, they asked us to think of brief stories of accomplishments at our former jobs so we could later use these stories during job interviews. Stories about how we increased sales, or lead a team, or increased productivity, or achieved something. I had a difficult time with this; I was more the supportive type who just showed up for work each day and worked her behind off. So during job interviews when they ask about my accomplishments or how I worked with a team, I tend to be at a loss for words. Not quite what interviewers want to hear.
However, they need to hear something from me. It is my first and only chance to make a good impression, and I'll work on it over the holiday weekend.
I'm both happy and nervous about this.
Happy because it's an interview for a job I want at a place I've wanted to work. I have a good chance of getting this job, and I want and need to go back to work.
Nervous because it's a job interview. Job interviews make me uncomfortable, and I haven't been on an interview in a little while.
When I was in outplacement counseling, they asked us to think of brief stories of accomplishments at our former jobs so we could later use these stories during job interviews. Stories about how we increased sales, or lead a team, or increased productivity, or achieved something. I had a difficult time with this; I was more the supportive type who just showed up for work each day and worked her behind off. So during job interviews when they ask about my accomplishments or how I worked with a team, I tend to be at a loss for words. Not quite what interviewers want to hear.
However, they need to hear something from me. It is my first and only chance to make a good impression, and I'll work on it over the holiday weekend.
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