Cake or Death!
Now, onto something that has NOTHING to do with the subject ^_~
Note: this is an EXACT copy of my post from my other journal. The "previous post" about the be mentioned was my note that I was going for the interview. Now, back to the post:
If you read the previous post (or have been speaking to me lately), you would know I had my interview at 1pm. Here is the basic lowdown of events:
I arrived in the building at 12:45 and introduced myself. The student employee brought me to who I needed to speak to, and then bounded off to gather the other person needed for the interview. The interview began with a partial tour of the building, and we stopped about 1/4 of the way through to meet everyone for the interview.
At first, they thought they would be too intimidating by sitting across from me. I chuckle, and tell them that will not be an easy task. "After having to stand in front of 100 people who didn't speak English," I began, "and having to address them in Japanese, I think EVERYTHING else is simple." Many laughs ensued from this comment, and we started off with conversing of language skills and working with international students before the real stuff began. . .
They at first asked about my job at the Stevenson Library, and tried the usual "If this happens/happened, what would/did you do?" I passed all of those with flying colors, and I also answered some of their "harder" questions ("What does a student employee have to offer to us? What about problem students/patrons?" etc). I asked a few questions of my own about how things work and how others are set up. Some of my questions had them all thinking, so I think that is a good sign ^_^;
After we finished the interview/questioning session, I was given the full tour of the place, where everything was, how it all worked, etc. I was also introduced to everyone on duty (except one person, who was in a meeting at that time). From everything I have read about how interviews should go, this one ended VERY well.
I was told that I would be told within 1-2 weeks about the decision. When I said "I hope to hear from you soon" to my interviewer, she replied "Oh, you will." I'm taking that as a damned good sign that I am getting the job.
Oh, and the ending time? 2:10pm. I was there for an hour and twenty-five minutes. NEARLY AN HOUR AND A HALF! Let's face it: all the things that make a successful interview (running over, tour, introductions, etc) happened today ^__^
Oddly enough, the more I play through the interview, the more I realize that this is in the bag. No hesitation (unless I placed it there for dramatic effect, like taking a drink between questions), answers that inadvertantly chained to the next question (which, btw, were apparently tailored to me for my experience; they all had sheets with questions to ask), Japanese styled manners and modesty with American confidence, and just overall just a show of experience and skill.
And throughout the interview, they made it sound like it was my first day on the job ("This is where you will be working, here is someone who you will work directly with, that guy is in charge of this, so ask him for that, here's where you will be doing task Y", etc). If I don't get this job, I'll find who got the job and go Dewey Decimal on their Microfilm.
Oh, and the previous quote came from Nick.
Ironically enough, the library has neither of those :-p
Anyway, for now, I am going to get some stuff taken care of, decide what to do for dinner (too excited to cook a major meal), and. . .wait ^__^
Cell's on, so. . .try your luck!