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Tuesday, August 10, 2004
First Job Interview - Afterwords
Well I said I’d write about the interview so here it is.
The place is about 45 minutes to an hour away so I left around 8:45am. I arrived around 9:40 and headed right in. I’ve read you should always arrive at least 15 minutes early so I was right on time. The place is actually in a vocational school so it took a bit to find the office but I managed to find the entrance.
It was a bit of a shock walking in to find that there was no reception area. It was just like a short hallway with a secretary at a desk. Right there was also the office of the lady that would interview me. Her door was open and when I walked in she saw me. The secretary asked if she could help me and I said I had an interview at 10. She then proceeded to use the phone to page the interview lady who was no more than 5 feet away from her. It was rather silly but it also helped me relax a bit.
So the lady came out and met me and asked me into her office. She asked the usual assortment of interview questions. Topics like “tell me about yourself”, “where do you see yourself in the future”, etc. I tried to work my way through the best I could and I think I did ok.
Along with the lady, who is the Assistant to the Director, the Network/Systems Services Director was also in the interview. They discussed the position and took turns asking a few questions than I asked a few.
I had mentioned how I’d like to do software development in the future and the interviewer said they had an opening for a Programmer/Analyst. So, she went and brought in two of their System Analysts to talk about that job. I ended up repeating just about everything I had said early for them and discussed some programming stuff too.
The interview was over about 10:30. I shook everyone’s hands and said the usual thank you for the opportunity, etc and left.
So, I managed to get a two for one with the job interview. I’m no apparently in running for both the Computer Help Desk Technician and Programmer/Analyst positions. If I was given the choice I would take the Programmer/Analyst position but I’ll take the Help Desk position if they offer it to me.
I need to send a thank you to the interviewer tomorrow before I forget. Also I’m going to apply for a Technology Coordinator at a local school district as well so I need to write up a cover letter and get that sent out too. That’s the todo list for tomorrow anyways.
on 08/10/2004 at 09:25 PM
It sounds to me like it went pretty well. It seems to me that a good rule of thumb would be that the more people they bring in the room while you interview the better.
Good luck!