An Ominous Interview...

The Agent at the Employment Firm sets up this interview for me that I just got home from. It seemed fairly straightforward on the phone. I would be interviewing for a customer service/gatehouse position for a gated community...one of the many located throughout Central Oregon. The Employment Agent didn't know much outside of that. He gave me a location and a name of an interviewer along with the time of interview. Oh and a little advice: "Stephan, make sure you arrive on time, look sharp, nail it and then give me a call when it's over."

Thanks, I will keep all that in mind.

So there I was 10 minutes early to my interview, a reasonable amount of time not too early and definitely not late...although I am not going to lie, I had to triple check the address. I was there thinking I would be interviewing for a job with a gated community, thought maybe I would interview at a property management firm or something right? Boy, was I wrong...nope I had arrived at an accounting firm. Bookkeeping and accounting to be exact. And at 10 minutes before my interview the door was locked. Now I thought this was strange and I still wasn't 100% sure I was at the right spot. However, the Agent assured me I was and that maybe they were out to lunch still. Sure enough he was right. Three minutes before the interview I was let in the building by the secretary.

"Oh, you must be here for the interviews, you're early but come on in and have a seat in there."
I followed her instructions thinking, "My interview is in two minutes and I am early?"

Wow, so I sit down in this conference room filled with every item that the M&M company has ever offered through their M&M candy company...need a visual? Imagine a room filled with every possible non-edible M&M product that probably was offered by mailing in S&H charges along with 25 UPC labels of your favorite peanut M&M candy...that was the room.

Fifteen more minutes goes by and still I am in the room surround by the M&M cartoon characters on the shelves and walls. Finally a lady comes in and introduces herself, apparently she had Googled me or something, she seemed to know all there was about me and yet we had just met. "Oh, and you have a familiar face, have I seen you before?" We came to the conclusion she had seen me in a couple plays here in town.

Keep in mind I had been given a name by the Employment Agent...this lady was not the person I had been told I was meeting, but she assured me she was the one in charge. She laid out the job and its description, however, no specifics were ever revealed...and any search for details was answered with the classic movie line: "I can not reveal that at this time" or "At the moment I am not at liberty to say"

To be completely honest, I felt like I was in the Transformers movie interviewing for a staff position with Sector 7. Who knows how I did or if I will get the job, based upon the description of duties and what they are looking for I am more that qualified....so we'll see but I can't promise anything, if I am hired I may have to tell you: "If I tell you, I have to kill you!"

Well, I'm off to serve at some sorta banquet...'til next time!