On interviews
My interview turned out to not be an interview at all.
I got to the place a little before 10:00 and the first thing I saw was my friend Josh at the receptionist's desk. I told him that I had an interview at 10. He said I needed to fill out an application and then I'd do a skills test and then I would be interviewed if I passed the skills test.
The first skills test was a math test. You all know how bad I am at math. I was a little concerned until the lady told me that the only reason they did the math one was so they'd know that you could calculate how many hours you'd worked. I laughed. (I have to do that all the time at Commons....) There were three questions about that and then some about the number of circles different numbers of degrees made (720 degrees is how many cirlces?) and then one about ratios. I managed to get 100% on it. I was freaking excited because I'm SO bad at math....
The lady said, "Since you did so well on the first one, we can move on to the second one." I had to wrap wire around a washer 15 times. I had to use a crochet hook to pull it through. It was really fun. I did it perfectly.
I got to move on to phase three. That was connecting the washer things to another thing by wrapping the ends of the wire around little posts. Perfect once again.
The lady told me that since I'd done everything perfectly, she would give my paperwork to Josh and he'd tell me what to do. Later, I found out that Josh is the assistant HR person. Josh took a look at my papers and he said, "You did exceptionally well. How did you feel about the work?" I told him that I thought it was fun and it was really relaxing. He said, "So it's something you're interested in doing?" I said, "Definitely!" He asked if I was still in school and when finals week was. He said, "So, you couldn't start until the 15th?" I told him I might be able to do something during Finals week. He asked if I could wait a minute and I said, "I have class in 4 minutes. I could wait though." He said, "No. Just go to class. I'll call you later."
Linda works there, too. I told her about my "interview" and she said, "They'll want to snatch you up. They don't often have people who are that good at the job and when they find someone, they really want to get them." She told me that they'd probably put me in the area where they work on what we did in the skills test, simply because I was so good at it. She said that she had thought they'd hire me for the stock room (it pays better but it's more frustrating), but I'm pretty likely to be put in assembly.
I'm excited. M-F, 7:00-3:30. No weekends. How awesome.
~MJ
I got to the place a little before 10:00 and the first thing I saw was my friend Josh at the receptionist's desk. I told him that I had an interview at 10. He said I needed to fill out an application and then I'd do a skills test and then I would be interviewed if I passed the skills test.
The first skills test was a math test. You all know how bad I am at math. I was a little concerned until the lady told me that the only reason they did the math one was so they'd know that you could calculate how many hours you'd worked. I laughed. (I have to do that all the time at Commons....) There were three questions about that and then some about the number of circles different numbers of degrees made (720 degrees is how many cirlces?) and then one about ratios. I managed to get 100% on it. I was freaking excited because I'm SO bad at math....
The lady said, "Since you did so well on the first one, we can move on to the second one." I had to wrap wire around a washer 15 times. I had to use a crochet hook to pull it through. It was really fun. I did it perfectly.
I got to move on to phase three. That was connecting the washer things to another thing by wrapping the ends of the wire around little posts. Perfect once again.
The lady told me that since I'd done everything perfectly, she would give my paperwork to Josh and he'd tell me what to do. Later, I found out that Josh is the assistant HR person. Josh took a look at my papers and he said, "You did exceptionally well. How did you feel about the work?" I told him that I thought it was fun and it was really relaxing. He said, "So it's something you're interested in doing?" I said, "Definitely!" He asked if I was still in school and when finals week was. He said, "So, you couldn't start until the 15th?" I told him I might be able to do something during Finals week. He asked if I could wait a minute and I said, "I have class in 4 minutes. I could wait though." He said, "No. Just go to class. I'll call you later."
Linda works there, too. I told her about my "interview" and she said, "They'll want to snatch you up. They don't often have people who are that good at the job and when they find someone, they really want to get them." She told me that they'd probably put me in the area where they work on what we did in the skills test, simply because I was so good at it. She said that she had thought they'd hire me for the stock room (it pays better but it's more frustrating), but I'm pretty likely to be put in assembly.
I'm excited. M-F, 7:00-3:30. No weekends. How awesome.
~MJ
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