But I’m Going to Need That

I had my interview on Wednesday. It went pretty well. There were actually 5 interviews. The first one started just after 900 and I finished just after 1200. I didn’t really sleep well the night before. Not because of playing computer games as some might think. I was nervous about the interview. I had prepared a lot for it. But I was still anxious.

When I arrived the security guards stopped me at the door. They didn’t like the crowbar. I told them that it was necessary for the demonstration. I mean if we’re tearing down old labs, I’ll need to show my skills. They didn’t buy it. They made me leave my Swiss Army Knife in the car too. When I went back to my car, I got an SMS from Dave wishing me luck. I’m glad that I had to go back to the car.

When I got there, the doctor that runs the office wasn’t there yet (I’ve been to a lot of interviews where the interviewer was late). So I met with one of the other team members first. It was nice to start with her because it helped me to relax and hear some of my answers live. Then I met with the doctor that runs the office. Then I met with 3 other people that work in the office. There was a 6th person that I probably would have had to meet with had he been there. He was out for the day. All the men were ex-military. I felt a little out of place. I don’t know if I stood up straight enough. All in all it went really well. One guy told me that he was pretty impressed with my resume. He said it was very good for how young I am. That felt good. Then in the next interview the guy tore my resume apart. He was the non-science person in the group. So he couldn’t talk about any science stuff but he looked really carefully at the format and how I wrote things. There was a mistake in dates that he found. Then he asked all these little clarification questions about everything. He was the hardest interviewer of the 5. Though he wasn’t the one that seemed to think that I wasn’t qualified or able to do the job. One of the women that was a PhD. talked like she didn’t think I could do it.

All in all I would say that it went pretty well. Now I just wait. They are going to have a meeting about me. They will talk about their impressions of me and if they think I would be a good fit for the group. Then I will hear back from them. I tried to get a time frame from them but I wasn’t successful. All he said is that they would meet some time soon and then I would hear back from them. This would be a great job. I hope I get it.