Interview!

A job I applied for back in March and thought a dead end came back to life this week with the opportunity to interview. That in itself was a big boost to my confidence, given over 100 people had applied for the role through Seek.

I was determined to make the best of it and did a couple of days’ research on the company (which sounds exactly like the type of firm I’d like to work for), the people I’d be interviewed by and refreshing my Azure knowledge so I wouldn’t sound too rusty when tested. I also got my hair cut, polished my shoes, replaced the battery in my lucky watch and dusted down my best suit.

Having had a disastrous Teams interview a couple of months back I was worried I might come across badly or get stuck on one of the tricky STAR questions you get thrown at you. However the three people interviewing me were lovely, welcoming and gentle. They’d studied my CV closely, asked questions about achievements in other roles and I think I came over OK and not too eager.

The second half of the interview was a technical test, but more along the lines of “these symptoms have been detected, what would you do to troubleshoot” to get an idea of my thought processes and preferred testing tools. I waffled a bit but got there.

Came out feeling so much better, even if they didn’t give me the job at least they recognised my worth and experience as opposed to the mounting list of AI email rejections.

The good news is they’ve called me back next week for a second interview! No details on format but I’m hoping it’s a culture fit test to meet some of the team and give them the opportunity to see if I would be too weird / not weird enough to join them. Fingers crossed!

Having something to prepare for gave me a lot more energy too, which was encouraging – the supplements seem to have fixed my energy issues and I can’t wait to get stuck into a full day’s work again!