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ITT: I suck at job hunting, do you?
A Wet Helmet:
The interview I had Thursday has come back and asked me for a writing sample. That's pretty typical when a substantial part of what you do is write for a living, but they've asked for an unusually large one. Ok, whatever. The in-house recruiter said that the feedback from the interview panel was very positive, and that's a good sign, though they do have a few more interviews to do.
The interview I went to yesterday I was expecting to be awful and it wasn't. In fact, it was very much not what I expected. The last guy I talked to walked me out the door and confirmed my email address with a promise of I'd be hearing from him soon, then the first guy I talked to called me 30 minutes later to ask me how much I wanted and when can I start? Also with a promise of I'd be hearing from him next week...
Having been on the interviewer end of several dozen of these things, I understand that all of what I might be taking as good signs may just be procedure. With both of these last two, I never got a vibe that I was the wrong guy, whereas all of the previous ones I had anything from an inkling to a pretty good certainty I wasn't the right fit before the interview was over. So I'm really hoping to have the problem of having to pick between two job offers next week. Wouldn't that be a nice problem to have?
For the record, if this were to happen I'm leaning heavily towards the company I talked to Thursday, despite Friday's interview being with a larger and more well known firm that would probably look better on my resume in the long run.
Edit: Got two offers today. The one I want is a significant pay cut, so I need to see some numbers on the one that I don't. We'll see what happens.
Christophe:
Welp my interview is tomorrow. The City Council just approved the bookstore so now they're gonna start doing stuff. Tomorrow, 3pm PST, Starbucks Coffee on main street. I should probably go to bed soon; honestly I think it's in the bag except for the people interviewing me aren't the owners (whom I'm good friends with), they're the managers (who I don't know/includes the girlfriend and the brother of one of the owners). This will basically be my first interview in forever, and I hope it goes well. I know the owners would be jazzed to have me working for them but I'll be interviewed by people I have to convince to be on the same page. And again to be honest, I don't see any difficulty in doing so but it's still a point of apprehension.
Eris:
Goddamnit, trying to write on my resume what my current job entails is really hard. I am a waitress. I wait on people. How do I make this sound like I have a lot of skills (which I guess I do) without making it seem like I am stating the bleeding obvious?
I haven't even gotten to the cover letter stage of things and I already feel like I am full of shit. I hate job hunting.
Lunchbox:
So state the bleeding obvious.
You provide one-on-one customer service
You communicate within your team effectively
You are able to take concise and easily understood orders
You answer the phone and organise bookings (presumably)
You help with stock inventory (Oh hey we're out of chocolate powder soon)
You plate and serve desserts and assist with meal presentation in the kitchen (wiping up that spot of gravy on the rim)
You are able to open/close the shop on your own/as part of a team, including cleaning and stocking for the day/next day
etc etc
SonofZ3:
I recently transferred from one department of the agency I work for to another, so I could live with my gf and pursue a future and all that stuff. The downside was that I went from working full time 9 or 10 months a year to working full time 6 or 7 months a year (budget issues). 6 months of work just doesn't cut it for me, so I have a dilema. Stay where I'm at, a job I honestly love and feel lucky to have, or apply for another job in the same field that would be full time work with great benefits, but would also be terribly boring. It sucks.
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