On Monday I was called by someone at the college, asking me to come in and do some testing that they do for all their Administrative Assistants. It was on Word, Excel, typing and editing. They were timed tests; half hour for the first two, 5 minutes for the typing and I don't know how long for the editing one ( Read more... )

I got a call from the HR department of the university; tomorrow I have to drive into Chicago to do some sort of testing or assessment. It will take about 2 hours, and will deal with Word, Excel, typing, editing ( Read more... )

I had an interview Wednesday at a university in Chicago. The Housing office is hiring for an Administrative Assistant. I ended up getting there a little before 9 am - my interview was a 11. But I had to take the train in from the suburbs, plus I didn't know exactly how long it was going to take to get there or where it might be. I found the ( Read more... )

Today I had my interview with the adoption agency. I think it went really well, but of course I don't know what she thought; even if she had a good feeling about it, she could still hire someone else ( Read more... )

So I have my interview on Wednesday at a University in Chicago. I was contacted on Wednesday afternoon for an interview at an adoption agency for an interview as Assistant Adoption Coordinator. As far as I know, it's not anything to do with interviewing potential parents or anything - it's just an assistant for the Adoption Coordinator. She asked ( Read more... )

I had a phone interview yesterday with an office at a University in the city. I felt like I must have completely bombed the interview; there was one part where I sat in silence for 5-10 seconds because I completely lost my train of thought! I also felt a few of my answers sounded silly after I thought about them ( Read more... )