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[11:06] Job Interview II, but no unicycle
I had my second interview for one of the two jobs that I'm applying for at the moment. I'd have to say that as far as interviews go, this has been the most thorough that I've ever had. It started at 1230 and I didn't get out until 1803; That's right, five and a half hours of interview! It was split up into four different groups who asked questions ranging from the technical through to general social/public knowledge and trivia. They covered everything I claimed I'd had anything to do with, basically my resume was ransacked! I guess they're trying to pick out the people who are inclined to a bit of BS to make themselves look more suitable. I'm glad that I don't subscribe to this sort of thing because if I did I think I'd be feeling quite foolish right now - as it is I'm thinking of making a few modifications.
I'm really keen to get away from where I'm working now and I'm fortunate enough to be being considered for, what I consider to be, two awesome jobs. The only problem is going to occur if I get cleared for both of them but, to tell the truth, I'm not sure if I'll get either. I'm feeling semi-confident about this one, several of the mini-interviews went quite well (I think) but at least one of them was quite unspectacular. We'll see what happens next.
One of the cool things was that the floor I was interviewed on was glass-walled and appeared to have a ring of binary "code" at the height normally reserved for those white "Warning there's a wall here" stickers. Whilst waiting between mini-interviews I decoded the binary down to text and it turned out that the last guy to interview me was the one who designed the floorplan and the stickercode. I got it all right except for one character (I blame it on the fact that I had to work it out on a piece of toilet paper) and I figure that's gotta be worth something right?
Unfortunately I didn't get out until post-closing time for the shop I intend to buy a unicycle from so I'm going to have to try and get over at lunchtime tomorrow.
[Posted at 21/04/2006 19:06]