I think I just tanked an interview
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I suspect they have to get some approval. It takes time.
In the future I think you need to make your workplace expectations clear earlier on They may feel they invested a lot of time to come up on this now.
Now me, by the third interview I would have been pressing for a decision. Eight interviews is ridiculous.
@Mik said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Now me, by the third interview I would have been pressing for a decision. Eight interviews is ridiculous.
They don't know how to deal with virtual interviews, so I give them some latitude there. They said they've never done this in the past with in-person interviews. Basically this is a company that runs out of three timezones who don't know how to work remotely. Hilarious.
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Yeah, I'm getting the feeling that you and the universe are neither of you enormously excited about this opportunity.
Do you find that when you have to spend too much time thinking about whether or not to pursue a course, that you're kind of crowding out the passion?
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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No response! Either they're really mulling over their options or they've decided to ghost me.
Absolutely hilarious. Five weeks for 8 interviews, a ton of back-and-forth in between each, I submitted 8 work samples, and sent a very nice email about the preemptive offer that outlined my request for remote work. No response. And I know for a fact they had no one else lined up. In the mind of my would-be boss and the CFO, this was pretty much a done deal.
Now nothing.
Man, if this is how they're going to handle it, I really dodged a bullet here.
Had a talk with a recruiter today about another position.
@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
No response! Either they're really mulling over their options or they've decided to ghost me.
Absolutely hilarious. Five weeks for 8 interviews, a ton of back-and-forth in between each, I submitted 8 work samples, and sent a very nice email about the preemptive offer that outlined my request for remote work. No response. And I know for a fact they had no one else lined up. In the mind of my would-be boss and the CFO, this was pretty much a done deal.
Now nothing.
Man, if this is how they're going to handle it, I really dodged a bullet here.
Had a talk with a recruiter today about another position.
Did they give you a date for when they would give you a response? If not, then the extra time could be in your favor, especially if it's due to making changes to your employment agreement, such as the remote work status.
It's better to get a slow yes than a fast no.
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I have no advice, but I've been following along rooting for you, Aqua!
It's really not fair how these people are keeping all of us waiting. Call them up and tell them that!
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Yeah, I'm getting the feeling that you and the universe are neither of you enormously excited about this opportunity.
Do you find that when you have to spend too much time thinking about whether or not to pursue a course, that you're kind of crowding out the passion?
@Catseye3 said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Yeah, I'm getting the feeling that you and the universe are neither of you enormously excited about this opportunity.
Do you find that when you have to spend too much time thinking about whether or not to pursue a course, that you're kind of crowding out the passion?
Well to be clear here, I don't want to work at this place. At all. I have no positive attachment to this job posting in any way. It'd be a paycheck.
"See Aqua, you can't go around with that kind of attitude, you've got to" blah blah I know that and that's correct, but look: the situation I'm in right now is very bad. Simply being treated respectfully at a job I hate would be a huge improvement over what I'm in now, so I don't give a shit. This is very much an "any port in the storm" type situation.
But apparently they'll make their decision on Friday. I'll tell you this, though: I absolutely would have landed the job had I not balked at coming in to the office. I'd put money on that.
Please love yourself.
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@Catseye3 said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Yeah, I'm getting the feeling that you and the universe are neither of you enormously excited about this opportunity.
Do you find that when you have to spend too much time thinking about whether or not to pursue a course, that you're kind of crowding out the passion?
Well to be clear here, I don't want to work at this place. At all. I have no positive attachment to this job posting in any way. It'd be a paycheck.
"See Aqua, you can't go around with that kind of attitude, you've got to" blah blah I know that and that's correct, but look: the situation I'm in right now is very bad. Simply being treated respectfully at a job I hate would be a huge improvement over what I'm in now, so I don't give a shit. This is very much an "any port in the storm" type situation.
But apparently they'll make their decision on Friday. I'll tell you this, though: I absolutely would have landed the job had I not balked at coming in to the office. I'd put money on that.
@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Simply being treated respectfully at a job I hate would be a huge improvement over what I'm in now, so I don't give a shit.
Very sorry to hear that. Big bummer, to need to escape a bad situation by going to a slightly less bad situation.
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But...that is not what you want or are willing to do. Your current position is not going to fire you. They already would have.
@Mik said in I think I just tanked an interview:
But...that is not what you want or are willing to do. Your current position is not going to fire you. They already would have.
Yeah. And apparently a handful of folks have moved to different states throughout this mess, and there are another handful of people who are in very bad demographics for the virus and have told their managers they would not be at all comfortable with returning. I think leadership is now at least vaguely aware that they'd have a big problem on their hands if they forced people to return. So we're probably safe for a little while. I keep squirreling money away in case the hammer drops and they pull some shit with me regarding unemployment.
Fun times.
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@Mik said in I think I just tanked an interview:
But...that is not what you want or are willing to do. Your current position is not going to fire you. They already would have.
Yeah. And apparently a handful of folks have moved to different states throughout this mess, and there are another handful of people who are in very bad demographics for the virus and have told their managers they would not be at all comfortable with returning. I think leadership is now at least vaguely aware that they'd have a big problem on their hands if they forced people to return. So we're probably safe for a little while. I keep squirreling money away in case the hammer drops and they pull some shit with me regarding unemployment.
Fun times.
@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
@Mik said in I think I just tanked an interview:
But...that is not what you want or are willing to do. Your current position is not going to fire you. They already would have.
Yeah. And apparently a handful of folks have moved to different states throughout this mess, and there are another handful of people who are in very bad demographics for the virus and have told their managers they would not be at all comfortable with returning. I think leadership is now at least vaguely aware that they'd have a big problem on their hands if they forced people to return. So we're probably safe for a little while. I keep squirreling money away in case the hammer drops and they pull some shit with me regarding unemployment.
Fun times.
‘He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune’. - Francis Bacon
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@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
@Mik said in I think I just tanked an interview:
But...that is not what you want or are willing to do. Your current position is not going to fire you. They already would have.
Yeah. And apparently a handful of folks have moved to different states throughout this mess, and there are another handful of people who are in very bad demographics for the virus and have told their managers they would not be at all comfortable with returning. I think leadership is now at least vaguely aware that they'd have a big problem on their hands if they forced people to return. So we're probably safe for a little while. I keep squirreling money away in case the hammer drops and they pull some shit with me regarding unemployment.
Fun times.
‘He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune’. - Francis Bacon
@Jolly said in I think I just tanked an interview:
‘He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune’. - Francis Bacon
Meh. I don't really buy that.
Life's got a handful of plates on sticks. Gotta keep 'em all spinning at a rate you're happy with, and that'll change over time.
I hate my working life these days but I'll be damned if I'm going to just sit back and do nothing to change it. Expect weird updates in the next 18 months.
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@Jolly said in I think I just tanked an interview:
‘He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune’. - Francis Bacon
Meh. I don't really buy that.
Life's got a handful of plates on sticks. Gotta keep 'em all spinning at a rate you're happy with, and that'll change over time.
I hate my working life these days but I'll be damned if I'm going to just sit back and do nothing to change it. Expect weird updates in the next 18 months.
@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Expect weird updates in the next 18 months.
As if the last 16 years have been "normal."
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@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Expect weird updates in the next 18 months.
As if the last 16 years have been "normal."
@George-K said in I think I just tanked an interview:
@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Expect weird updates in the next 18 months.
As if the last 16 years have been "normal."
My wife knows full well how weird I am. The trend will continue!
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@George-K said in I think I just tanked an interview:
@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
Expect weird updates in the next 18 months.
As if the last 16 years have been "normal."
My wife knows full well how weird I am. The trend will continue!
@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
My wife knows full well how weird I am.
Of course she does. If she were in her right mind, she wouldn't have married you without knowing that!
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@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
My wife knows full well how weird I am.
Of course she does. If she were in her right mind, she wouldn't have married you without knowing that!
@George-K said in I think I just tanked an interview:
@Aqua-Letifer said in I think I just tanked an interview:
My wife knows full well how weird I am.
Of course she does. If she were in her right mind, she wouldn't have married you without knowing that!
She's part of our D&D group. She can hang.
Please love yourself.
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Ho Ly Shit.
Got an email out of the blue from an old employer. They want freelance help.
Might be able to build on that, either there or elsewhere. At the very least it would prevent an employment gap after my absolutely inevitable firing, and get me some street cred with my old industry again.
It would fall in line perfectly with my plan to work only for myself by the time I'm 40. Good enough place to start.
My old boss's email was so nice I wanted to cry. I got on well with him and his son. They paid basically nothing but the job was great and I was proud of the work.
Regarding that, and my 40 plan: Whoever said that folks tend to get more conservative as they get older was full of shit. What they really mean is that people lose motivation in the things they used to love, and that's one way of making excuses for giving up on yourself. Security, right? Well, some of that is okay. Having a family necessarily means that you have to live less selfishly. But my mom sacrificed too much. She put up with too much shit to make our lives comfortable and it really screwed our family up. She wasn't okay, so neither were we.
Right now, without even trying, I have enough money to easily buy a flagship Leica and a handful of their lenses, and I can't remember when I've been more miserable. At my old job, I could barely afford clothes but things were fine. Even great sometimes.
I'd very much like to re-up on poor, please. Show me where to sign.
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Ho Ly Shit.
Got an email out of the blue from an old employer. They want freelance help.
Might be able to build on that, either there or elsewhere. At the very least it would prevent an employment gap after my absolutely inevitable firing, and get me some street cred with my old industry again.
It would fall in line perfectly with my plan to work only for myself by the time I'm 40. Good enough place to start.
My old boss's email was so nice I wanted to cry. I got on well with him and his son. They paid basically nothing but the job was great and I was proud of the work.
Regarding that, and my 40 plan: Whoever said that folks tend to get more conservative as they get older was full of shit. What they really mean is that people lose motivation in the things they used to love, and that's one way of making excuses for giving up on yourself. Security, right? Well, some of that is okay. Having a family necessarily means that you have to live less selfishly. But my mom sacrificed too much. She put up with too much shit to make our lives comfortable and it really screwed our family up. She wasn't okay, so neither were we.
Right now, without even trying, I have enough money to easily buy a flagship Leica and a handful of their lenses, and I can't remember when I've been more miserable. At my old job, I could barely afford clothes but things were fine. Even great sometimes.
I'd very much like to re-up on poor, please. Show me where to sign.
@Aqua-Letifer Eep! That is really great. Talk about timely!
There is something priceless about a pointer that tells you you're on the right path, ie your memory of being proud of the work you did for your old boss. I'm thinking you reeaally needed this right now. So like, thanks, Universe!
Despondency and anxiety are blue-ribbon energy killers.
As probably millions are discovering right now.
Speaking of, I think a thing that also happens as people get older is the plain old diminution of energy. I'm struggling with that like mad right now. Everything is an effort, that shouldn't be. Sometimes I watch other people bustling around living their lives, and I feel like I'm on the outside of the candy store, looking in.
Best good wishes that this offer pans out for you, Aqua. Hugs.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
