same boring topics...
but now, with better news!!!
As I last posted, I had an assessment and interview with USAA on Thursday. It went very well, I think. The assessment was easy and the interview was only about 20 minutes. At the end of it, the chick asked me if I would be available to come back and interview with someone from management. WHOO-HOO! Of course I would! So I have a follow-up interview on Monday morning at 8:00. I found out a few more things about the job that make me want it even more than I did before. However, during the assessment, there was a short video I had to watch in which current employees talked about the training, the position etc. There was one thing that kinda scared me. They make it sound like you are sitting at your desk literally the ENTIRE day except for a 35 minute lunch and 2 short breaks. Maybe I'm taking it wrong, but don't most people get up at least a few times during the work day to go to the bathroom?!?! Some of you are probably thinking "maybe you wouldn't need to go so often if you didn't drink, like, 45 gallons of water every day!" Well, you are probably right, but the trouble is, if I am going to be talking that much, I'm going to need even more water than usual!! Hopefully these wonderful employees were exaggerating a little bit. I will have to broach this subject in Monday's interview.
On Wedneseday, I got a call from American Funds (aka: Capital Group) regarding the resume I had posted just 2 days earlier! We talked for about 30 minutes and at the end she asked if I had any other offers/interviews. I told her about USAA and WAMU and she asked if I could come in the following morning, before going to USAA. I really didn't want to skip my workout, so I asked her if we could do Friday instead. I think that worked to my advantage. I was there most of the afternoon yesterday, did some testing and interviewed with HR and then with management. It was an interesting turn of events. The first hour and some of interview time was spent with me trying to make a good impression so they would want me. The second half an hour or so was spent with the manager talking up their company and trying to convince me that I should choose American Funds over USAA. They are starting up the background check etc. now, and "hope to have something definite by the end of next week". However, the manager wants me to call her on Monday after my interview with USAA and let her know if I've made a decision or at least am still considering them.
I might have a job in less than a week! What an answer to months of prayer!!
I'm still going to the interview on Monday, so if that goes well, I may have a tough decision to make.
As I last posted, I had an assessment and interview with USAA on Thursday. It went very well, I think. The assessment was easy and the interview was only about 20 minutes. At the end of it, the chick asked me if I would be available to come back and interview with someone from management. WHOO-HOO! Of course I would! So I have a follow-up interview on Monday morning at 8:00. I found out a few more things about the job that make me want it even more than I did before. However, during the assessment, there was a short video I had to watch in which current employees talked about the training, the position etc. There was one thing that kinda scared me. They make it sound like you are sitting at your desk literally the ENTIRE day except for a 35 minute lunch and 2 short breaks. Maybe I'm taking it wrong, but don't most people get up at least a few times during the work day to go to the bathroom?!?! Some of you are probably thinking "maybe you wouldn't need to go so often if you didn't drink, like, 45 gallons of water every day!" Well, you are probably right, but the trouble is, if I am going to be talking that much, I'm going to need even more water than usual!! Hopefully these wonderful employees were exaggerating a little bit. I will have to broach this subject in Monday's interview.
On Wedneseday, I got a call from American Funds (aka: Capital Group) regarding the resume I had posted just 2 days earlier! We talked for about 30 minutes and at the end she asked if I had any other offers/interviews. I told her about USAA and WAMU and she asked if I could come in the following morning, before going to USAA. I really didn't want to skip my workout, so I asked her if we could do Friday instead. I think that worked to my advantage. I was there most of the afternoon yesterday, did some testing and interviewed with HR and then with management. It was an interesting turn of events. The first hour and some of interview time was spent with me trying to make a good impression so they would want me. The second half an hour or so was spent with the manager talking up their company and trying to convince me that I should choose American Funds over USAA. They are starting up the background check etc. now, and "hope to have something definite by the end of next week". However, the manager wants me to call her on Monday after my interview with USAA and let her know if I've made a decision or at least am still considering them.
I might have a job in less than a week! What an answer to months of prayer!!
I'm still going to the interview on Monday, so if that goes well, I may have a tough decision to make.
posted by Katie80 at 6:26 AM
6 Comments:
Hey Katie!
Well, I hope something happens so that it is clear which one you want and or should choose. I always hate making decisions. Maybe you aren't as bad as me though! CONGRADULATIONS!
That sounds awesome Bean, isn't God amazing! Love you!
Man I'm so excited for you. God is so awesome. And now you don't have to stay home all the time. You should teach me how to do good interviews now that you're a pro!
Congrats on the opportunities. And I've got a possible answer to your concern. Depends ;) Well, maybe not, but it *could* work.
Wow, only 45 gallons a day?!?!?! I would've expected closer to sixty. I'm glad that the interviews went well.
Depends are a good idea, and now they have made them even slimmer so they fit under your clothes! How do I know this? I watch t.v.
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