Had an interview at lunchtime at the media/games company. To be honest there was part of me that wanted to cancel it and not bother with it. I am glad i didn’t listen to myself and went along to it. I should disregard my instincts more in future as it turned out quite well.
their office was really cool and they all seemed like really nice people and technically it looks really challenging as well. i am vmware certified but i might as well not be given the kind of work i have to do here at the bank which is just regular boring maintenance. I am MCSE but i might as well not be because i do easy repetitive tasks here as well.
judging by the level of the technical test they gave me, the games company want someone to know how to do more than just routine tasks. I couldn’t answer all the questions and i told the guy that, when he came back in after checking my answers, and he said i had answered more questions than any of the 3 candidates they had seen already. I actually screwed up a little and missed one page of questions and i said i was happy to go through it verbally. We sat down and his team asked me the questions and i answered as best i could.
The interview was nearly 2 hours in total and at the end of it he walked me back to reception and said again i was the best candidate they had seen and he said “if i were you i would be quietly confident”. He also said he was impressed with how i did part of the exam verbally and didn’t seemed phased by it the barrage of questions. Not had that said to me before after an interview. He said they had one more person to see on Monday and would make a decision pretty quickly after that.
If offered it i would definitely accept. Its 30 mins from my house. Its near my gym. Its in the west end where there are lots of places to go out to and do stuff. They asked if i would be willing to learn about Cisco call manager and EMC Clariion storage, which i would love to learn about, and the fact that they are paying more money is a bonus. I would do it even if it weren’t more money. For me it seems as if it just has the right balance of being small enough were you can get to do lots of stuff but no so small that you have to do lots of shit, but big enough so that they have money for interesting technology but not so big that you get to only do a tiny part of one thing for months on end.
Fingers crossed they come back with an offer next week. It will be a great summer if i land it. If not we will continue our odyssey and see where we end up.
Today i have been mostly listening to pink Floyd – wish you were here. Got some new noise cancelling headphone. They are wicked on the train and everything sounds so much better. I spend a lot of time on the train with my walkman on and so i thought i should invest in something that makes it a slightly less unpleasant experience than it always is. It does block a lot of the background noise out. Very clever indeed.
Take care V. Have a lovely day, lovely.
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