Welcome back, cori!
And OMG!! I just got an email from the company I applied with, and they want to have a conversation with me early next week! : hyper: : panic: ACK!!! : lol: Oh, this is so awesome, yet totally terrifying! : lol:
Omg, so incredibly thrilled for you!!!!
My best advice? try to relax and BE YOURSELF. I think when they get to the conversation/interview process, they've decided you have the skills, and they mostly want to know that you're not an idiot and that you'll fit into their company culture. If it's not a fit and you don't hear anything, you'd probably not be happy there anyway, and you'll find someplace better. With my interview, within two minutes I KNEW I'd fit in there, they were so nice and relaxed and we seemed to be on the same wavelength, and I was right. I get along incredibly well with my coworkers and superiors, and it makes for a great work environment.
Anyway, I'm rambling, good luck and keep us posted!!
Oh yeah, not done rambling just yet.
It does help to get an interview or two under your belt for a job you're really not that concerned about getting, to get comfortable with the process, but sometimes you don't have that luxury. I did have one sort of pre-interview at a temp agency out of town (for a position in my city, oddly). They seemed to like me and said they would recommend me for it, but then the company ended up going with someone internally. But they called me a week later for a data entry position out of town. It paid crap, and data entry makes me want to slit my wrists, so I declined. Not having a job and turning down a job was painful, even if it was a horrible job. But then a few days later, I got the call for the interview at the place I'm currently at, and I (mostly) love it. The pre-interview helped a little I suppose, but I went into my interview mostly cold, not having interviewed for years, and it went really, really well.
Tara, so happy things went well for your dad!
And Cori, OMG, CANNOT wait to hear your stories, and the Dublin blues and musician friends all the rest!!!
Btw, in the early 00s we were heavily into this band
Great Big Sea Lukey Video - YouTube
(that's them with the Chieftans) and I almost got Sarah a bodhran for a birthday or Christmas or something. She has since come to the conclusion that despite wanting one desperately at the time, it's probably a good thing she didn't get one, because she would have played it twice and then let it gather dust. Speaking of which, anyone want a piano?