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[aesha]

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

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[polydolly]

My mom works at a college, and they do the same screening tests there. They are usually pretty easy hurdles to get past - so I wouldn't worry about it too much. They don't bring candidates back in for the tests unless they think they can pass them!

Good luck!

[aesha]

Oh goodness... you don't know how much better you've made me feel. I must admit, I certainly FEEL like this is my first Real Job; I've never had to do so much work to get one before! All the other jobs I've ever had (retail, working in the office at school, etc) have been simple 15-30 minute interviews, or people knowing they were going to hire me before I came in. I'd never done a phone interview before, then there was the 1 1/2 hour interview/group interview/tour, then this... whew

[aesha]

They were fairly easy, turns out. I even did pretty well on the Word/Excel things, and some items (like a Macro) I'd never even heard of before! :)

[aesha]

You beat me to my entry. Haha. I got a call about an hour after I left them yesterday, offering me the position. Yay! It's weird to think I'll make as much in one week as I did in two (or almost two) at my old job. Yeah, that sounds about right.. because I know it's at least twice the salary (my last full-time job was in retail).

[aesha]

I got a 86 on both Excel & Word, typing 79 WPM w/with 100% accuracy. I was at MAC yesterday, less than an hour after leaving the HR Department, when I got the phone call and was offered a job. :)

[aesha]

This is what happpens when you're tired and fall asleep briefly - you reply to yourself! Haha.