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It may be a week and a half late, but I think Mr. Motivation is finally paying me a visit. Finally! It means I'm going to have to work my arse off in these next few days to even think about catching up, but I suppose it's better than the alternative :/
And some good news! After giving out more CVs than I'd ever like to count, and waiting for millions of weeks - I have a job interview! Which I think is quite good considering literally no where is hiring right now :) Anyway, it's at the local Odeon Cinema, and to be honest I'm shitting myself. I always get so worked up and terrified about these things that I end up messing it up. Usually I'm quite a naturally bubbly and confident person, and for the most part I can blag meeting new people because I overcompensate for my nerves with cracking jokes every two seconds. But there's something about job interviews that just sets me off. Especially if they're group ones, which I think this could be but I'm not sure. The guy on the phone gave me a mini phone interview before inviting me to have a proper face-to-face interview. He said something along the lines of if I get through the initial interview stage then I have another interview and then an induction.
I did some googling, and I found that this company has an interviewing technique they often but not always use, where they ask you to come for one interview and get you to explain to three of the managers why your favourite film is just that. So basically I'd ramble on about the Wizard of Oz until they look bored. Then if you get through you come back again for a proper one on one "what qualities could you bring to the role? etc" interview. Because he told me to be free on two nights, it makes me think it could be this technique.
I seriously hope to God it is because if there's one thing I'm good at it's talking about things I love, especially films. I really think I'd be good at this interview. But then some people said it was just a group interview and then everyone said various things that had to do, the usual. So i'm shitting myself, because if it's just a random group interview then I'll cry. I have this thing where I think everyone who first meets me is judging me based on the fact I'm not skinny. And this impaires my ability to interact with people in things like job interviews, because I just get so nervous and self conscious. It's so odd. If I'm at a party and meet new people, I'm relatively fine. It's only in things like job interviews that it matters to me.
Anyway - long story short. I need this job desperately, and it's perfect for me. I'm completely obsessed with films, go to the cinema more times than I can afford, and I have more DVDs than I do items of clothing. If they use the "describe your favourite film" interviewing technique then I think I have a fair chance of getting it. If they use the generic group interview technique then I'm not so confident. Boo :(
And some good news! After giving out more CVs than I'd ever like to count, and waiting for millions of weeks - I have a job interview! Which I think is quite good considering literally no where is hiring right now :) Anyway, it's at the local Odeon Cinema, and to be honest I'm shitting myself. I always get so worked up and terrified about these things that I end up messing it up. Usually I'm quite a naturally bubbly and confident person, and for the most part I can blag meeting new people because I overcompensate for my nerves with cracking jokes every two seconds. But there's something about job interviews that just sets me off. Especially if they're group ones, which I think this could be but I'm not sure. The guy on the phone gave me a mini phone interview before inviting me to have a proper face-to-face interview. He said something along the lines of if I get through the initial interview stage then I have another interview and then an induction.
I did some googling, and I found that this company has an interviewing technique they often but not always use, where they ask you to come for one interview and get you to explain to three of the managers why your favourite film is just that. So basically I'd ramble on about the Wizard of Oz until they look bored. Then if you get through you come back again for a proper one on one "what qualities could you bring to the role? etc" interview. Because he told me to be free on two nights, it makes me think it could be this technique.
I seriously hope to God it is because if there's one thing I'm good at it's talking about things I love, especially films. I really think I'd be good at this interview. But then some people said it was just a group interview and then everyone said various things that had to do, the usual. So i'm shitting myself, because if it's just a random group interview then I'll cry. I have this thing where I think everyone who first meets me is judging me based on the fact I'm not skinny. And this impaires my ability to interact with people in things like job interviews, because I just get so nervous and self conscious. It's so odd. If I'm at a party and meet new people, I'm relatively fine. It's only in things like job interviews that it matters to me.
Anyway - long story short. I need this job desperately, and it's perfect for me. I'm completely obsessed with films, go to the cinema more times than I can afford, and I have more DVDs than I do items of clothing. If they use the "describe your favourite film" interviewing technique then I think I have a fair chance of getting it. If they use the generic group interview technique then I'm not so confident. Boo :(