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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

No New job for me



So a couple of weeks ago I applied for a new position for the company I work for. I applied for this job on a Tuesday and found out on Thursday (my Friday) that I had two interviews scheduled for Monday. I thought to myself that gives me the whole weekend to prepare. My Team Leader gave me this interview preparation book to read over and she said it helped her a great deal. So I read the majority of the book over the weekend and even wrote down some notes to rehearse. Next thing you know Monday is here and I am stressing out about these darn interviews.
So my first interview starts at 11:00 am and I arrive on time. The interviewer greets me and we start getting to know each other. She explains to me that the company sets up specific questions for her to ask me but she also wrote down her own questions to ask me also. She did mention that all my answers to her questions were perfect examples. She seemed very pleased. After about 30 minutes I am thinking "DANG WHEN IS THIS THING GOING TO BE OVER!". It finally ends after about an hour and I walk out thinking the worst. I always do that. I always analyze the things I could have done and said better. Anyways I am dreading my second interview thinking it is going to be equally as long.
So it is 2:00 and time for my second interview. I walk in and am instantly greeted by my second interviewer. We introduce ourselves and she gets right to the questions. She explains the job and after the interview questions we start talking and I explain to her that I was very nervous and that my first interview was an hour long. She couldn't believe it and adds that she doesn't want to keep me any longer, asks me if I have any further questions and lets me go. I felt more at ease about this interview and walk out with my head held high.
In the last interview I asked when they expected to fill the position and she said they will probably call me by the end of the week if not the beginning of the following week.
So with that being said I anxiously awaited the phone call. A week went by, a week and a half, two weeks and finally I received a phone call yesterday. It was a man from Human Resources calling to let me know that they chose someone else for the position. He said their main concern was my lack of computer knowledge. He advised me that I might want to take an Excel class. I told him I have. I advised him that I had knowledge of Daybreak, Excel, Microsoft Access and many other programs that apply to the position that I applied for. He then said he would talk to the interviewers and ask them if there is anything else they thought I should educate myself on in the future and get back to me. I said thank you and we hung up.
Honestly that is the most discouraging thing I have heard of in a long time. I have recently noticed that there is another position available up in the same department. I am not quite sure I want to take that chance so soon after my current disappointment. I think I will ponder that throughout the weekend........

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