RSPCA interview part 1
so... yesterday i had an interview at the RSPCA for a 6 month maternity leave position as a customer service officer. the interview consisted of being questioned by 2 women for 30 minutes while they took notes on everything i said. the questions were kinda tough.... stuff like "out of our 5 values (integrity, respect, etc), which describes you best and why?", "what would make you an indisposable part of our team?", "if you were a shelter animal, which would you be and what would your profile blurb say?" etcetc. none of the questions were yes or no; all of them required a certain amount of elaboration and there were so many to answer...
anyway, i did my best to not come off as the quiet person that i actually am since that obviously wasn't the kind of person they're looking for. at the end of the interview i was told that they were going to go over everything and then contact me after they'd compiled a short-list of people. if i was short-listed i would then be contacted about a second interview which would involve role playing related to the position. then, if i was short-listed a second time and my references checked out i'd be offered a job. my heart kinda sank at hearing about a second interview that would involve role playing...
today i got a call from the RSPCA saying that i'd been short-listed for a second interview. i was so relieved and happy for all of 2 seconds after getting off the phone, but since then it's been nothing but stressstressstressstress. the interview will be on tuesday from 1pm - 4pm.... 3 hours. the interview will be conducted by 2 people, one of whom is my current supervisor who's over the call center.... GAH, so worried/stressed.... ;( the first 30 min interview seemed like a long time and this one will be 3 hours! and it's role playing, so they're probably going to throw all kinds of extreme situational stuff at me. :/ i hope... that i can manage to pull off a "people person" character/attitude while still being enough of myself that it seems natural.... i really am not a people person, but for this job that's what i have to strive to be.
i really want this job. ;(
anyway, yeah.... TGIF!! but this weekend will be filled with self-doubt and stress. i really hope that i can do well on tuesday....