Friday, June 19, 2015

new Q presence: I am a joyful noise


So, I was very much myself at the interview and it turns out I was wearing the "company colors."  whu-huh?  Anyways, the people were very sweet, the position was junior but I was much more interested in the company itself.  I could do the job, expand the job, make the job fun and interesting.  Y'all know me, I don't do "petite."

Anyways, standard question is "How do you think it went?"  I, of course, gave a nonstandard question, of "I don't know"  and that was because, as I told him, I can't know the others' thoughts.  If someone comes to an interview expecting a candidate to work to fill themselves into the box, well... uhm... I overflow.  It was like inviting Divine to an interview.  But back to the question at hand, "How do you think it went?"

It was my HR contact who pointed out me that I was wearing the company colors of blue and green (INTERESTING INTERVIEW HINT!  HINT! TIDBIT! not that I thought of that until the direct point out was made, but what a concurrence!) and I said, 

"This perfectly summarizes how I think the interview went."  I pulled out a strand of my pink colored hair.  "I bring pink to the table.  If you're interested in adding pink to your palette, I'm your girl."

And I headed home, happily for now (HFN in Romance writing terms) to my sun-warmed Moroccan mint plant ripe to be muddled with my bulleit bourbon on a lazy Friday afternoon.

Shit.  I know a ton of stuff.  I had fun, but those people were sweet as hell.  I prolly scared 'em.



2 comments:

  1. Love the Title.... Glad you had fun and I am sure you left them saying "Wow" and maybe a little scared.
    they would be crazy not to hire you. Miss you :/

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    1. Lisa, I'd say that would be a good "test" as to how innovative the company is... if they hire fearless people, I'm their "Test." har!

      Actually, it is a very cool position bridging / translating information across multiple groups. The HR recruiter is awesome and the place is located near Dixie's BBQ. Great people. Great position. Interesting company. Great food. It could be cool.

      What's interesting though is how things are beginning to open up. My resumes are getting pings from HR folks and so I'm finding out about these other types of companies.

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