How (not) to interview for a job
May 16, 2007 By: almostgotit Category: career change, humor, interviewing, parenting, unemployableMy little (almost) interview dilemma continued today. I guess one ought not to blog about such things until they’re resolved (lest one get dooced). But suffice it to say that it’s probably not a good idea to get a phone call from one’s daughter’s elementary school right in the middle of a job interview, which of course one has to take due to one’s suspicions (which turn out to be correct) that one’s spouse has neglected to pick up said daughter from said school.
Furthermore? It’s also probably not done, in the best circles, to arrive at a job interview without a car, niavely assuming both (a) that said spouse will pick up said daughter and (b) that it will not rain torrentially.
And finally, it is much preferred that one not end a job interview mid-stream by bumming a ride from one’s interviewers to go rescue one’s daughter.
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May 17th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. What a hilarious story! Another buddy of mine went to an interview with a huge hot chocolate spill down the front of his white dress shirt- I don’t think he got that job.
May 17th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
You are the champ. I would hire anyone with the savvy—and guts—to pull off a scenario like this. Maybe we need to mount a campaign to change corporate hiring guidelines. What company wouldn’t want a mom who couldn’t move heaven and earth to save her daughter?
Cheers!
May 17th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Love the photo! What is it?
May 17th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
I’m so glad you asked, rockyroadoflove!
This is a sculpture by Nancy Doran called “Between a rock and a hard place,” which is part of a sculpture garden now on display at the University of California’s Irvine campus.
(update 5/21)… Which I have since removed from the site, pending further contemplations about copyright issues…
June 1st, 2007 at 3:28 am
I’m a colleague of the career encourager. I just had to leave a comment to say that your story absolutely cracked me up! Hope things work out well for your job search.
June 8th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
sorry.
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Oh honey. You didn’t do anything. But I am *VERY* impressed that you learned how to access AND comment on your mother’s blog! You are an amazing human being and I love you more than anything else, including this dumb old job which I didn’t want anyway.
June 13th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
I love that your daughter posted a comment on your site!!
Thanks, Peggy, for posting…
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They get so clever so fast, don’t they? I know you’ve got one the same age, so better keep an eye on your own comment box