Thanks for your input, Marie! We did talk salary at the first interview, I told him what I was looking for, so we got that out of the way already.
Well, the interview today went very well, though much more "structured" than the first one. The first one was very informal, he didn't even go by a list of questions or anything. This time I interviewed with 2 others, and they gave me all the usual "Tell me about a stressfull situation you handled...", "Tell me about projects you have done....", etc. I think I answered them pretty well, and to their satisfaction.
Here's the fun part - there was an envelope addressed to me on the table when I got there, not to be opened until the end of the interview. At the end of the interview the Director came back in, chatted a minute, then had me open the envelope. It was a floppy disk and an assignment! Type a business letter to him, stating why I think I should get the job, bullet point all my skills/qualifications, indent them and make them blue, then put a list of 4 references (name, address, phone #) in a 2-column table. All of this to be done in 20 minutes!
Well, needless to say, I was unprepared for this, but I think my resourcefulness came all out this afternoon! I usually have my reference sheet with me in my folder, but didn't today. I don't like giving out references unless I need to, and have never given them out during an interview before. Also, my Palm Pilot was dead!! :-( So.......I logged into my computer at home via GoToMyPC.com....copied my skills/qualifications off my resume, and the references off the last page, and pasted them into my document..... then went to Google, searched "thank you letter interview" - the first site I hit had several thank you letters, one of them highlighting your qualifications for the job (just what I was looking for) - pasted that into my letter, reworded everything for my situation, and had a very professional-sounding full page thank you letter, and second page with references in 20 minutes, hardly having to type a thing! Even had to look up 2 addresses online for my references. Ha! Now is that considered cheating, or quick, resourceful thinking?
Didn't get a chance to bring up the "Office Manager" suggestion - may hold that for next talk with them, or if I get the job, maybe bring up during my first review.
Not sure yet....I was expecting a more "laid back" interview than I got this time around! LOL!!
Anyway, I even surprised myself today with getting this little project done the way I did. I just thank God my PC at home was logged on, and I had internet access available at the interview! I usually use GoToMyPC to log into my hubby's PC while he's on the road to help him out, but today it totally saved my butt!! LOL! My job the last 4 years has been pretty laid back, I'm not used to being "under the gun" anymore!! It was kinda fun.... :-) :-)
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