No such luck- What the F@#K?!

Ok, so you haven't heard from me- steam has been slowly purging from my system as neither of my interviews led to that phone call we all like to hear..."we'd like to offer you the position... blah blah", here's what happened since my last post.

So, I went on that job with the NYC based software developement company, they asked me back. I went back for the interview, and I thought things went well. In fact, I had my personality tuned up, answered every question in detail, but the people that were interviewing me were horrible interviewers. Horrible! Asking the same questions over and over again, telling me the same things about the company as I heard the first time around, and doing their best to formulate questions from air so that our meeting went on to the exact minute that it was scheduled to end. Then, I met with a VP- here I am, wearing my nice suit and tie, and this guy walks in with a navy blue/gold button blazer (yeah, Country Club chic), a bright red bow tie, a sweat shirt material red vest, and cheap jeans. Hey, I'm a fan of cheap jeans, but not to wear to work in the city, maybe in my backyard when I mow the lawn, but not in a respectible company.

I felt he was completely ignoring what I had to say- he gave me information that I needed to know, I returned the favor. There were awkward moments of silence when he clearly had no idea where to go next- I was just being a person, and he seemed to be putting on a face. Then came the following question- "Do you have experience in functional specifications writing?". I dont think he understood what I meant by "no, I do not...". So he gives me an assignment and explains in brief what this type of writing is. The assignment was a very simple one, and the example he gave me was a breeze. I contacted one of my old bosses who has such experience and he gave me some ideas. Well, I took those ideas and ran with them and wrote up some Technical Specs that I was VERY proud of, and sent them over to both the recruiter and that VP.

A week later, and I got no response- finally, I called and emailed the recruiter who then says "They thought you were too light, unfortunately". Too light? Are you f#@$ing kidding me?! I told the guy I had no experience in technical writing but was willing to learn and give the assignment a shot- I sent that to executives and my old boss, all of whom were thoroughly impressed and I didn't get the job.

Oh well, fingers up to you guys- According to each of the 65 reviews I read about this company, 3 loved working there. No thank you!


Next up, the Long Island based company- Again, spoke with the HR person, and all was great. She asked, I answered, I asked, she answered, we got along well. Then, I meet with the hiring manager (another VP) and her blackberry. She sits down with her blackberry and McCafe, and says "ugh, why did I bring this in here?". Well, I'll tell you why- in the manner of Sam Kinison...BECAUSE SHE'S ADDICTED TO HER PHOOOONEEE..AAAAAAAAAA...SHE CANT PART FROM IT BECAUSE HER LIFE IS CONTAINED IN A HAND HELD DEVICE!! OOH OOH OOH!!!. Now that that's out, the interview went as such- she asked a question, I answered, she then made a statement which always ended with "thats pretty much it...(silence)". Oh, and then as I was speaking she kept on looking at the BB, responding to whatever was incoming, who knows what the hell she was looking at. But then, at the end of the conversation she mentions about me being Greek and that her husband is Greek, and the last part of the interview was a normal conversation... I was never so confused leaving that place.

I got a call a week later from the HR person telling me that the hiring manager didnt think I fit the bill, but spoke very highly of me to everyone in the office, and so there was another executive who wanted to meet me- oh, the position doesn't exist right now but, as she said "you never know what can happen next week".


Update- I had the other interview scheduled for the LI company last Thursday, and another interview with Canon USA on Friday...I was ready and set to go and I get phone calls from BOTH companies that we'll have to reschedule.


One last thing- what is up with freaking recruiters? They call you non-stop, badgering you, asking questions, talking about the position, the meetings, the hiring managers, thoughts, telling you what to do, etc. Then, they dump you and flush the toilet. When they're good they're good, but holy smokes- how about work a little harder? These people get to know your life story and then turn you off.

Enough ranting for today, time to get to work, put on my game face and keep pushing.
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