Job hunting is a fulltime job....

Ain't that the truth. I mean, I just had three interviews today and I'm pooped. So exhausting. The endless questions like "Where do you see yourself in five years?" " In ten years?" "What would you say is your best characteristic?" "Worst?" "If you had a mission statement, what would it be?" "What's the most difficult work situation you have encountered?" "How did you deal with it?" "If you could describe yourself in one word, what would it be?" "What do you think makes a good leader?" "Who's the worst boss you ever had?" "If you were an animal, what type of animal would you be?" "If you had a choice between an apple and an orange, which would you pick?" "Or would you prefer a pear?".

Okay, so those last ones I made up. I can understand the relevance of some of these, but all of them? In one interview? It makes me wonder. One of my interviews was with the church distribution center for a bilingual clerk position. I was given the exact same interview by two different people (I wonder if they know they are doing the same interview. Somebody should really tell them.) And then I had the same interview with someone else, only in Spanish. Ay de mi.

I then proceeded to my next interview at HapiJak (don't ask). This was my second interview with them. I met with the president of the company this time. For a reception position with some administrative assistant duties....but really just a glorified receptionist. The questions continued, "What kind of family do you come from?" "What are your hobbies?" " Do you like to read?" What kind of books?" "Who's your favorite author?" "Do you mind commuting 20 minutes everyday?" What kind of car do you have?" "Where is it parked?" (Looking out the window). This continued for an hour. "Can you handle multiple calls, maybe one every ten minutes?" "Are you comfortable multi-tasking?" "Can you be pleasant on the phone?" "If you are interrupted by the phone, can you return to the task at hand?" Who applies for these jobs? And what am I going to say? No? That I'm a terrible people person?

All in all, the interviews went well. I have more tomorrow, and have one I have to accept by tomorrow afternoon, but I don't find driving to Orem ideal. The Spanish interview went pretty well. He told me that my pronunciation and accent were, shall we say increible? I did make some mistakes though.

Well, back to the grindstone. I have a headache.


P.S. I was stressing about finding a job, since after three months, I had NO response on the some 100 applications I had made. My bishop gave me a blessing and said that I would find employment, and be okay. I just didn't expect them all to respond the day before I am out of work. Okay, so not all, but a lot. I feel blessed.