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  • Wish me luck!

    Today I interviewed for a department trainer position. I was going up against 5 others for the job - one of them I don't consider a threat at all, the rest are going to give me a challenge. However, out of everyone, only one has been with the company longer than me.

    I think I interview extremely well, and my boss told me I did a damn good job during the interview, and told me I was obviously very well prepared for it - didn't have to think about answers, I had all of them on the tip of my tongue. I also brought a brief resume with me along with a 30, 60, and 90 day action plan (they require an action plan for everything except entry level positions).

    When they asked me where I see myself in 2 or 3 years, I think I had the right answer when I told him I was aiming for the moon.. as a minimum, I told him I saw myself as a department manager by then, possibly training for store management, and had my sights set on regional/corporate.

    Got my fingers crossed - I'll know when I get to work tomorrow!

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    good luck! you're gonna have to let us know how it turns out
    If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy

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    ^_^

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    • #3
      Good luck, let us know whether you get it, and how they justify not giving it to you ifn you don't (hey, i've no doubt that you're the best choice, so they'd've had to cheat you).
      Seph
      Taur10
      "You're supposed to be the head of covert intelligence. Right now, I'm not seeing a hell of a lot of intelligence. Covert, overt, or otherwise!"-Lochley, B5, A View from the Gallery

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      • #4
        Believe me, CS will know as soon as I get home from work tomorrow.

        I did, sort of, shoot myself in the foot by being honest, in a way... but at the same time, my boss told me that he really respected me for being so honest. My boss asked me what made me think I was better than all of the other applicants. I told him I honestly didn't think I was better or worse than any other applicant, but I then gave him a list of my own personal qualities that make me think I would make a good trainer.

        I never once implied that I may be a better person or fit than any other applicant, and told him everybody else that had applied had their own skills that they would bring to the table and I knew I was up against some very good people. I just told him what skills I would be bringing with me if I was a trainer and brought up my training and management background. At the same time, I understand there was a bit of mud slinging during the interviews with other applicants. I don't play that game, I don't believe in dragging others down with me.

        He also asked me what I would do if I didn't get the position (apparently he asked everybody this). I told him, basically, life would go on, and I would take the entire application and interview process as a learning experience so that I could be better prepared for future interviews. He seemed to really like that answer, and after the interview, he told me he was very impressed with how I had an answer ready for every question he hit me with.

        In a nutshell, yeah, I'm nervous and REALLY WANT TO KNOW RIGHT THE FUCK NOW, but if I don't get it... oh well, life goes on, someone else was able to interview better than me, I'll just ask the person that gets the position what they did different. No hard feelings at all, we're really kind of a big family in my dept. My boss is extremely fair and does a damn good job, I believe he'll make the right choice, whether I agree with it or not.

        If I do get it, awesome, there's several changes I'd like to make (which I mentioned during my interview) to our current training program, and the extra money will be really nice.

        I've also had a very checkered history with the company, mostly because I wound up in rehab for substance abuse at one point while working there and was incredibly unreliable up until then (and got into a very heated argument with the then-store manager because he tried to cut my pay after I finished rehab, and I nearly got him fired over it), but every manager that was there when that happened is long gone. I've had a couple of writeups, all except for 1 have expired and are long gone from my record.
        Last edited by bean; 03-24-2010, 03:27 AM.

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        • #5
          Well, unfortunately for me, I didn't get the position. However, my boss called me into the office today to explain to me why I didn't get it, how I can improve my chances in the future, and what I did/didn't do awesome with in the interview.

          It basically boiled down to another applicant has been with the company a lot longer, and has been a supervisor before. He gave me a *LOT* of great advice for future interviews, and also told me that he now knows I'm serious about sticking around for a long time and moving up within the company, and mentioned he's going to try and teach me a few things here and there. He also told me he gained a lot of respect for me when I told him that I believe every applicant I was going up against was talented during the interview, instead of slinging mud around.

          Honestly, once I found out said applicant had applied, I figured she would get it anyway. But I took the entire application and interview process as a learning experience, my boss gave me some awesome pointers for the future, and my boss also shared some stories with me about his climb up the ladder (such as how many times he interviewed for various positions before getting them, etc).

          So, in the end... I'm a little disappointed I didn't get the job. But the person that got it is very well qualified for it and will be a good asset, and I learned a lot about the entire application/interview process for moving up beyond entry level within the company. My boss stroked my ego quite a bit too today. In the end, everybody is happy. And, when I walked up to said person and gave her a congrats, she was obviously happy, but asked me to be a part of her decision making when it comes to revising/updating our training program, so it's obvious she values my input.
          Last edited by bean; 03-25-2010, 05:14 AM.

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          • #6
            Great of your manager to take you so seriously and to give you the feedback. Shame about not getting the position though. (And yes, I am jealous of your ability to take this so well.)

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            • #7
              Well, I give my manager 5 stars for almost everything. He's very laid back, very easy to talk to, and he's "just one of the guys" - he comes to work in a t-shirt and shorts almost year round. He's actually a bit younger than a lot of us - he's 28, but started working for us when he was 16 and worked his way up.

              We spent almost 20 minutes yesterday discussing how I interviewed and suggestions for the future.

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