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2007-10-17

I woke up this morning to a ringing phone, not the most pleasant way to wake up (phones do not bring you breakfast). I did not answer it because I did not recognize the number, so it went to voicemail. Turn out it was a job offer. I had tested and interviewed with a large technology corporation in town about two Weeks ago and it turns out that they want me. It was the longest interview process I had ever been through. Before I came into the interview I was told they wanted me to fill out an online application and do some testing. I complete the application and go on to the testing portion of things. They tested vocabulary, personality, business terms, analogies, mechanical terms and general interest. That all took about two hours.

The next morning I report to the interview at ten thirty. I am escorted into a computer lab and told I will be testing some more. Okay. So I spend the next hour testing numeric patters, spatial relationships and math. Now I went up to Calculus II in college, but this was freaking hard math. the excerpt at the top of the test was, "taken from the National Air Traffic Control Exam." Jeeze. so I finish that and they analyze my score, then ask if I have time to meet with a Recruiter. Sure. She interviews me for thirty minutes. Then she tells me she has some more tests for me. The tests include a 100 question exam on office ethics and a short answer essay test on professional goals and accomplishments. I finish the testing and am asked if I can interview with the department supervisors. Of course I can. Two of them show up and we interview for about twenty minutes. Then they ask me if I can interview with the department manager! So we all traipse up to the department where they show me around. Then I interview with the manager. All of the interviews are going extremely well. At the end of this interview the manager says,"I wish I had the power to hire you today but that is up to recruiting, but I am going to approve your paperwork and escort you back down to HR." Not bad. So we head back down stairs and say our goodbyes. The HR clerk hands me a piece of paperwork and says," This is the next step of the process. "Please go home and complete the step by taking this phone interview." So after four hours at the "Interview" I head home to complete the interview. The phone interview takes about twenty minutes and asks mostly about criminal charges and credit history. At the end of it the chick says," Okay now please go to such and such address and obtain a drug test." Nice.

...Now I'm hearing back from them, but I'm already interested in an other position with the hospital. I have an interview today at three. I spoke with the director of nursing at the facility and she was very excited about my experience. I told her that I was looking for a full time nigh shift position. Now I can not help but feel confident after her reply, "I'm sure anything can be arranged." I'm hopeful.

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Barnabus (2007-10-17)
WOW! I'm not sure I would endure a job application like that...think I'd be prone to tell them where to go with it, and that I wasn't interested, unless it paid one heckuva price!! and had job security!!! Glad you're getting something you'll like!!!

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