More Interview Stuff

Aw, man, now I have a job trial today at that organic place for 6:00. I've got a phone interview today for 1:00, and tomorrow, I have another interview at 8:00 AM. Sheez... The nerves are beginning to get to me.

Do you know how many callbacks I've had now? Eight. EIGHT!

Let's count how many interviews I've done in my life.

There was Short Stop, way back when I was in high school. There was Burger King, the only interview I landed within the four-week funding requirement span after W2W. I did two temp agency interviews, but I'm not sure if they count, since they don't necessarily determine whether or not you get a job. There was the W2W interview, which I'll count, because that was actually a competitive interview. Then there was the seven Summerside interviews and the five Thunder Bay interviews, but those were done like speed-dating, and I don't think they counted, since Katimavik required to place you. I had an interview with Maypole and a job trial with Foxy Foods.

That's not very impressive, is it? At this rate, I'll quickly double my life's number of interviews.

The interview at the temp agency was kind of tedious. I wasn't sure how long it would take me to get there/didn't know what bus to take/didn't know if I remembered correctly where they were or if they relocated, so I headed out right after my first interview. I showed up an hour and a half early, so I sat under a tree for an hour and a half. Then I went in and went through the application process and WHMIS testing. Me and two other guys came in at approximately the same time and finished almost exactly the same time. We were all under 25, so we were all considered vulnerable workers. We all had to watch an additional video together. Then, there was only half an hour left in the day, and they didn't know whether or not to get us to schedule for tomorrow, or to do the interviews speed-style. They decided to do speed-round interviews, and mine was only a little over five minutes.

I don'tthink they were taking me in for a specific position, even though they cited my application for a specific position. They just wanted me on their list. That's what all these temp agencies do. They put out a bunch of specific positions, but if you apply, you're applying for the agency, not the position.

So that's not quite as promising. They have a system now where you need to go in every Tuesday and report that you're still looking for work, or they'll take you off their list.

Me and the two other guys who came in around the same time kind of hit it off. Usually in situations like that, you don't really communicate on a personal level, especially since you're not required to, even on a professional level, but somehow, coming in at the same time, completing our tests at the same time, frequently being referenced by name by the employees in reference to each other, and being grouped together, and, possibly, being under a sort of tense situation you don't really want to be alone throughout, us three started throwing down jokes, and referring to eachother on friendly terms. It was one of those moment sof surprising and sudden camaraderie. Those don't come along very often, and they're pretty pointless, but still nice.

The receptionist asked the other two guys if they were under 25 and assumed I wasn't. Also, when we dropped by my brother's school the other day to pick him up to get the flu shot, I met one of his teachers and a few schoolmates. One of his schoolmates assumed I was his dad...

Aw, man, I should be getting that phone interview soon... I don't know how best to prepare...