and that could have gone better

the phone interview was not all that professional and hopefully that does not reflect poorly on my chances for the position... first, i waited thirty minutes before i called them... connecting to the recruiter, she said she had tried my number a few times and it was busy... i apologized knowing i have a fully charged phone with a good signal that is working fine and she said it is probably her phone system that has glitches... but she already put my file away so it was awkward as she was retrieving it again... so their corporate office, at least as far as HR goes, does not seem as professional and organized and impressive as the vice president who interviewed me was... i don't think we ever never fully recovered from that, though there was laughter and she was apologetic...

she asked the same questions the VP asked, but i got the sense that she was rushing... without facial cues, i don't think we ever truly connected and got no feedback from her... there was no conversation, just questions and answers and my answers were brief and not as complete as i'd have liked... beyond the sense of being rushed and no feedback or follow up questions, i should have had prepared better, writing out a cheat sheet of bullet points that would sell me better... why am i the right person for the job, especially... i left out key points that would have made me a much better candidate for the position than the brief single answers i gave...

still, though redundant and awkward, the hope is this one twenty minute phone interview will not undermine the two and a half hour plus interview too much and the rest of the face to face interviews on thursday will go much better than these twenty minutes... staying positive and look - right back here updating daily life just like i used to (aren't we all sorts of excited and pleased and wonder-filled now? lol lam :)

hey, the job search has just almost really officially begun, so no worries and stay positive and all that cheerful successful mind-set stuff, right?... of course right, even if only you few silent far away friends are the only ones to know... posterity will cheer us all for the challenges and foibles we've found and created in this life and we shall all have a wonderful time someday filled will laughter and tears of joy and love and fun...

promise :)