Blathering idiot

[norsegirl]

Yup, that's what I was. I hate interviews, I really do. In the end my sole goal was to stretch it out so at least I would get the full hour off the phones - sigh. I got along well enough with her, but I'm not sure I have the qualifications she was looking for. We spent most of the time chatting and trading stories. But I did a lot of dumb faux-pas kinds of things. Blathering, interrupting, too much gesturing, my usual social gaffes when I'm nervous really.

She's only interviewing 3 people for the position, so at least my chances are good, even if my interview was not. If I get a second interview the next one I have to do better. That's a big *if*.

Comments

[ya-inga.livejournal.com]

Did the exercize book I recommend help?

On the plus side if the interviewer is chit chatty with you it means they like you and in my experience folks will hire someone they can work with personality wise who has workable skill levels over someone they dislike who is very skilled.

Hope it went better than you think it did...

[eve-the-just.livejournal.com]

It helped a bit, but the interviewer didn't really ask any questions, so the blathering idiot came out to play. Idle mind and all that.

And yes, here's hoping. At the very least, I did get off the phones for an hour and a bit, so that's nice.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medb_/]

That's true- they could be using the first interview to find out more about your personality (I've had that in the past)