Interview

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I had my interview for the Queensland Government's 2009 Grad Program on Wednesday (two days back from here) afternoon, and I think it went well. This follows two rounds of psychometric testing, whittling the original 400 applicants down, first to 100 and then again to 60. It began with a 30m block of stimulus response, writing a letter to an irate Gold Coast resident regarding water restrictions and desalinisation plants (I was given a bundle of papers including the actual policy regarding water in Queensland, some news briefings and press releases, and the summary of a study) and making points regarding a planning change hypothetical. Spent most of the time writing the letter, and then 5m at the end jotting down a few notes on the policy issue. After than I was allowed 10m alone with the three interview scenarios (a behavioural style interview) to jot down a few notes. The interview was with two members of the policy department in the Public Service Commission, and went for about 30m as we went through the points, what I'd learned from them, how I'd applied the skills to other situations, why I chose to do things the ways I did them. I feel neutral about it, though think I performed well in the interview and began a decent draft of a reply to the letter. I'll keep my fingers crossed, and hope that it goes well. I'll hear back in about a fortnight. All applicants being equal, I have a 28.33% chance of getting one of the 17 available positions.

After this, I went and had dinner with the lovely Leah and inimitable 7lifeuncommon7 and had a good chat before returning to my current westerly abode.

I'm tired and sleepless and scattered.