Wednesday, November 29, 2006

i'm about to tell a really lame story...

The Tale of the Seven Interviews (told in the format of...bullets)

Interview #1 - PR firm that advertised themselves as "small". When I arrived at the interview, I realized if I was hired, I would be their 4th employee, two of them were mother and daughter. They basically wanted a glorified secretary to answer phones and work Google Maps. Daughter interviewed me, seemed a little bitchy, lasted 7 minutes. Didn't get a call back. Really okay about it.

Interview #2 - Really great PR firm specializing in hotels. Woman who interviewed me was great, had a great conversation. Told me she'd mail me a writing exercise and then they'd make their final decisions. Occured last Tuesday. Haven't heard from her since. Write a follow-up thank you email. Nothing. Feeling a little hurt by it.

Interview #3 - Staffing agency. Very helpful. Took tests on Excel, Powerpoint, Word and typing. Kicked all tests' asses. No positions they could send me off in interviews for. Convinced me to try temping. Seriously considering it. Especially 'cause my bank account is dwindling. Must stop impulse buying.

Interview #4 - Unpaid internship at a reknown fashion PR company who's involved in all these glamourous things. Wasn't even considering taking it, but had a great interview with a really nice guy that completely drummed up my enthusiasm. Sounded like I pretty much had the position. Said he'd call this afternoon. Haven't heard from him. Will follow-up tomorrow.

Interview #5 - Paid internship for PR in magazine publishing department of huge company. Pretty good interview, did some sort of nervous giggle that I've never heard myself do before. Required at least 6 month commitment. Internship starts January. Will hopefully hear from them by the end of the week.

Interview #6 - Paid internship for PR department (one person, two including me) at an educational supplement company. Woman who interviewed me seemed nice enough, no one I could imagining being friends with. Got called back for second round interview with CEO of company. Also went well. Will expect a call from them soon, I would imagine, although saw an ad for my position on job finding list yesterday. Hmm...

Interview #7 - Full-time job at education-minded company. Really fun interview, got good feelings for it. Good starting salary with benefits and I got the feeling that I would be able to do a lot and get my feet dirty. Not exactly a PR firm, but very similar event planning type job. Hopefully hear from them by Dec. 12th for second round interview. Job starts January.

I'm hoping to hear back from the unpaid internship, the publishing internship and the education company. They all seem to start and different times and I don't understand how I can make it so that I'll know all my options before I promise anyone. If I get the unpaid internship, I'll have to start immediately, but I'll most likely hear from them before I even hear if I've made it to the second round interview for the education company.

How do people juggle these things?! I hope I get at least one of these positions. I'm tired of the job hunting process.

Bleh.

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