September 24, 2009
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Interview Follow-up
My interview today was at an offsite location because the whole thing is very confidential. Evidently, the database manager at AMC is very good with the database, but has very poor people skills. The person in this position needs to be able to interact well with clients in order to train and work with them. It just so happens that, besides my expertise in this particular database management program, I love to do training.
Anyway, I think the interview went well. I interviewed with the CFO at the company, who is the person who heads up the Finance/Accounting and I.T. departments. I was warned that he was a non-emotional person and that is an understatement. I couldn’t read him AT ALL. He *almost* cracked a smile when he was telling me what a great company AMC was to work for and how much he loved his job.
Since we are communicating through a recruiter (because of the confidentiality) I sent a thank you note to the recruiter and asked him to forward it on.
This interview came at a great time because I am so ticked off at the people I work with right now that I could spit nails.
The one bad thing that happened during the interview:
I forgot to turn off my cell phone. And it’s turned up pretty loud so I can hear it when it’s in my purse.
One day, just for grins, I started assigning songs to particular people. For example:
- When Mac calls from his cell, it plays Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
- When he calls from home, it plays Barber’s Adagio for Strings
- When he calls from work, it plays Beethoven’s Air on a G string
- When my boss calls, it plays Johnny Paycheck singing “Take This Job and Shove it.”
Guess who called during my interview?
Comments (8)
I bet on your boss.
In my world, I would see that as a good sign. Every job I’ve ever landed I had something like that happen during the interview.
Sounds like it went well!
@Dippity - LOL and you would be right
@Tyche - I think it went well. I’m a little leery, though, because I am not willing to work a lot of extra hours and right now the department is working very long hours because of a project they are working toward a deadline on. I wouldn’t mind if it were occasionally, but if I’m expected to be in the office 50-60 hours a week, I am just not willing to do that. I’ve done my tenure in that capacity. If I have the option of working remotely, then I will not have as much of a problem with it.
I know you are too nice a person to be into subliminal messaging, but I gotta go with “Take this job and…”. Hope all works out well for you on the career front, my friend…
Wishbone
@jemclane - Thanks! I hope this means you’re going to be blogging more here! BTW – I have another blog here (Kallioph) that is always public (while this one is always protected).
I know with my luck it would be the boss!
Ok, that’s just too funny not to see the absurdity of the thing, lol. I am sure it made you a memorable candidate, too. Don’t worry about it. I’m sure it’s your skillset that they are honestly considering, not your ringtone choices. I sure hope they don’t know who that ringtone was for, though, lol.
jus’me
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