Following a phone call at 8:40 this morning I have a job interview this afternoon (I’ve been unemployed since 5pm yesterday, so I guess it’s time to get back in the saddle). I’m rather nervous, not just because it’s an interview (it’s been a while since I had one, but I’m generally OK with them), but because the company:
- develops a (profitable) open source app (hence enthusiastic, large-brained people)…
- that is highly technical (it’s a developer tool, which makes it something of a mystery to me)…
- and they’ve already rejected a number of people (so clearly have strong ideas of what they’re looking for)
So today’s schedule involves finding and ironing a tie and shirt (and possibly my suit), going to the barber (haven’t had a hair cut in at least a year) and reading reading reading.
By the way, don’t be too nervous for me – I’m a generally optimistic person, so when I say that I don’t think I’ll get the job it’s not because I doubt myself, I just doubt that this will work out.
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Good luck on the interview!
I’m not sure what is harder to picture – Paul-with-long-hair or Paul-in-a-suit.
Sadly it’s now Paul-in-suit-with-sensible-hair. But the interview went pretty well, so hopefully it will have been worth it.
I’m dying to know the name of the company
Whenever I apply for a job I have a tendency to daydream what life would be like if I worked there (how I’ll commute, what hours I’ll work, what the first few days will be like, etc.) So I’m not exactly superstitious. But somehow it would feel bad luck to say yet – I will say the interview went well, and I hope to know one way or the other pretty soon.