In my few years of interviewing, I've experienced an array of interviews. One company had me interview with a panel of 9 members (some who were jet lagged from flying in from HQ in Texas), for a new position that was way out of my league that was needless to say good practice for me when I was in my mid-20's.
Then when I was interviewing for another position with a very small company I must have returned upon their request for 5 additional interviews! They required me to meet with everyone in the department and the seniors in the company. I even attended their company wide reception event at Horizons in Sausalito. When people asked my role with the company, I responded with, "I'm interviewing for the marketing coordinator position." This was a company that rescind their offer because I countered and maybe I was better off. This was the time in my life that I realized putting off grad school was a bad idea and that I should go FULL FORCE with getting my MBA.
So that brings me to yesterday's 6-hr interview that I survived by 9 different people. To my advantage I had the endurance and stamina to meet with all 9 people and entertain their engaging and thought provoking questions. Whew! At the end of it all, I was examined on the quintessential of Office software applications like Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.
Time to gear up for the next interview this Friday afternoon.
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Wow, they are really squeezing candidates hard.
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