Welp, I just came back from a rather awful job interview. I'm not too bummed out about it because I had another one yesterday that was FANTASTIC, but wow, the difference between that one and this one is like Heaven and Hell. Absolutely no contest what job I'd rather have. XD

First off, I was kept waiting for quite a long time. I understand it happens sometimes, but it was like thirty minutes even though I was there early. So after a long while, I get welcomed into the conference room by one lady who was nice and great to talk to, but unfortunately, my interview wasn't with her, it was with someone else (we'll call her Debbie rather than use her actual name).

Debbie comes in, already wearing a scowl, and just sits right down with my resume in front of her and just says "well, I don't know where to start." So I just decided to politely open things up and talk about myself and my background and the last position I had. Almost all the interviews I've had in the past start this way, so I figured this was a good way to kick things off. Meanwhile, she sits there, uninterested in a slouch with her chin in her hand and staring at me like she just wanted this to be over with.

Before I get to finish going over my background, Debbie keeps interrupting me again and again. I haven't even finished explaining things yet and she starts interjecting strange and very specific and very complicated technical questions. Well, those are very hard to answer without a context or an example. I try my best, but halfway into explaining what I'd do and what I've done in the past, bam, more interjections with more confusing technical questions. And it gets progressively worse and worse until I just say "well, I don't know." I was honestly stunned at her rude behavior that I often didn't have a response. I've had a lot of interviews, only the worst of the worst do this kind of junk.

All the while, the conference room lights keep turning off because they worked on a motion sensor. She got angry and flustered about that and made it seem like that was my fault. The whole time, I was thinking "yeaahhhh, this is NOT a person I'd like to work for." I'd rather be cooking french fries or mopping the floor than working with someone like this.

When I got to ask her questions, she gave me very quick, uninterested, and very vague answers. Usually, I have a set of five questions I ask on every interview, but after asking my second question and only getting yet another vague and crabby response, I just decided to pull the plug on this whole thing and say I had no further questions. Really, this is how movies like The Devil Wears Prada get made. So boom, that's it, I stand up to offer a handshake and nope, she's just out the door and I never see her again. The same lady that took me up to the conference room comes back and she escorts me out. It's a shame my interview wasn't with her, because she was so much more nicer and professional about this.

Well, I talked to the recruiter, gave him the not so great news in the form of a voicemail when I got back to the car, and when I finally got back home, he told me they already decided to pass on my candidacy. They decided that fast. What a joke, why did Debbie waste her time with this if she was already that skeptical right from the first? Well, that saves me from having to write an interview thank you note.

You win some, you lose some, but no matter what happens, never give up. I found a bunch of other job listings today and they still seem way better than this one and I still have recruiters contacting me all the time. That and yesterday's awesome interview proves hey, I still have the touch. The rock still goes on. ;3