Interminable Interview is a collection of interview experiences. Mostly in the flight of sufferance, the ordeal and task of making to the round of interviews has often been a rather hard fought one. At other times, merely as a circumstance of like chicken being fed steroids before searing in oils on that grill at the fast food joint.
Even at that thought, the last thing in the back of the mind is anything close to success. Perceived or expected.
Chronically turning up late will set that force in.
Just like how
Elementary Funk was converted into a database, so to will
IntInt. The former was a bitch and took a year in incremental stages. And that had near a thousand posts and all that to figure out. Hopefully, the latter won't be such a problem. Or as long.
Soon Van
Interviews:
0; Positives:
0; Total:
0/0
All to 2005:
Attempts:
18; Positives:
2; Total:
2/18
The hardest thing I've found in the interview is being able to keep posture.
And sweating.
Damn the constant sweating leading up to and sometimes soaking through to.
Someshit
Same as below but with a ring of neck sweat from having to hike it to Wooloomooloo during the earlier lunch break.
Online Production Editor
Unwashed collared shirt, tie, pants and the same shoes as before.
Documentation Specialist
Washed collared shirt, tie, pants and $20 shoes.
Warehouse Assistant
Faded boots, jeans and a blue thin sweater top.
Shelving Unit
Same as below.
Tech Support
Clothes from previous, still unwashed. Transcripts and slightly old CV.
Cataloguer
Same as before. Even less baggage than before.
Photographic Digital Retoucher
Same outfit as before. Less baggage than before.
I Don't Know What
For the first time ever, I carried in all of my work/samples and some transcripts/awards. Same outfit as before.
Journalist/Online Producer
Same as below.
Student Support Officer
Same as below though I had mastered the length of the tie but not hiding the look of contempt.
News Editor
First time I ever wore a tie and it was fine when I put it on in the toilet at the station, but as I got closer to the venue, it somehow extended way past the crotch line. It was also the first time I wore shoes, not sneakers or boots, shoes. Put some vaseline on them to make them shine too.
Contract Web Developer
Same outfit as below but with dried sweat [salt crystals] all over my face and an apathetic attitude.
Junior Web Developer
Similar to the previous beige outfit, yet with a blue cotton top in place of the corduroy.
Publishing Assistant
This was the first ever appearance of an all beige outfit I would later go on to wear for a solid three months. Colorado boots included.
Programmer
Same outfit as below.
Editor
The dark grey shirt and black pants I wore to this interview was the same outfit I wore in the first instance of setting it up. I still wore my sneakers, which at this point weren't yet fraying.
Print Results Distribution Runner
Walked in with the clothes I wear on a Sunday, shabby clothes fit for blending into a crowd of strangers with no want for designer labels. Topped it off with a LA KINGS [ice hockey] cap that I kept on during the entire interview.
You'll see the real show.
Soon