As I’ve stated before, by nature I’m a bit of a pessimist. However, after getting laid off from my job last week, I’ve been viewing things a bit more optimistically. In business at least, I do believe that when one door closes, two more open.
I went to two interviews today and have tremendous opportunities opening up to me. Tomorrow is my first BIG interview for the position I have been in the process of acquiring for about two months now. This first interview (after having submitted an application and taking a competance test) is a panel interview, with three people firing questions at me. Although this may be intimidating, I’ve had the delight of preparing with my sister and brother in law (both of whom are excellent with human resource skills). I am indebted to them for the amount of time they’ve put in to helping me prepare for this and for generally making me more confident going into this process.
The two positions that I interviewed for today are interesting opportunities that I will have to think about. Either way, things are looking on the up and up. I’d imagine that with these opportunities, I’d be exposed to many new things and many new people. Simply, I’m excited and optimistic.
It’s interesting at interviews, there are many opportunities to insert humor (which in my case is dry and sarcastic) which must be avoided since you have to remain professional at all times. Take today for example:
Interviewer: So how did you feel about management at your previous position?
The Nice Guy: Well, if you took a dodo bird and a rat and mixed them together, you’d probably have more brains than the intelligence of both the executives I had the pleasure of serving for the last three years.
God, I wish I could say that. Either way, I look forward to tomorrow and moving along in this wonderful job hunt process.
Wish me luck!
