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Job Interviews

Had a job interview this morning with McKesson Automation in Cranberry Township so I had to wake up early, get the interview gear on (consisting of a suit and a briefcase), and drop of Zoe at daycare. I got there at their offices about 20 minutes before the interview was scheduled so I had time to prepare, reading my resume and remember what the hell I wrote in it.

It was done in two parts, the first one being with Julie and the next part was with Greg. Julie (who is my potential new project leader) asked about my experience and gave me some technical questions as well. She was very nice and personable, actually coaching me through some of the techie stuff. Although I thought that I did pretty badly in the technical interview (I only got about 75% of her questions right, and they were pretty simple ones), Julie told me that I’ve been the best among all the people that she interviewed so far. She said that she would recommend me for one of the two positions available. I guess my charming personality worked on her…. 🙂

The next interview was with Greg (the project director who is Julie’s boss), who informed me that I must have impressed Julie because out of all that she’s interviewed so far, I was the only one that made it to him. Greg and I had a very nice conversation about my past work experience (and also his). Anyway, before we knew it, it was already almost an hour and the interview ended.

It was almost 11 AM when it was finished, which is probably the longest interview session I’ve ever done. Julie walked me out and asked me when I could start (which I took as a good sign). I told her that I need two weeks notice before I could leave my current job.

I feel pretty good about this interview and think that the job will be a good fit for me. It also means more money, less commute time, great benefits, and more importantly, stability. I’ve still got a couple of more job interviews lined up next week, one in downtown Pittsburgh and another one in the North Hills area, but I think this one will be hard to beat. They did say that they have some more people that they’ve scheduled for interviews and would be doing them in the next week. I should hear from them sometime late next week or early the next if they want to take me on.