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May. 8th, 2013 05:42 pmI have come from the Museum of Hot Mess.
That was the best worst job interview I have ever been on. Oh my god, it was magnificently bad.
Before I even got to the room I was going to be interviewing in, I was informed that because the administrative offices are located under one of the public spaces, bugs sometimes fall through from the upstairs into their cubicles. This is the proper mindset in which to give an interview: waiting for a beetle to drop into your hair.
Other awesome factoids included:
"We all have really bad allergies because of the dust from the archives."
"You may want to invest in hand sanitizer."
"We've investigated the possibility that we are a terrorist bomb target."
Those were, btw, from three separate people.
In the end, while I already knew this job wasn't for me before I heard about the BUGS FROM ABOVE, I have more reasoning now why the job is not for me. Really they want three people: a hard data expert, a research expert, and a floater to help them both. But they can't afford three people, so they're hiring one person to do all of that, and that one person is not going to be me. Even if I desperately wanted the job (I don't because see: bugs, terrorism) I'm not the best candidate for it. I have very little experience in the hard-data end of this position.
Still, it was entertaining.
That was the best worst job interview I have ever been on. Oh my god, it was magnificently bad.
Before I even got to the room I was going to be interviewing in, I was informed that because the administrative offices are located under one of the public spaces, bugs sometimes fall through from the upstairs into their cubicles. This is the proper mindset in which to give an interview: waiting for a beetle to drop into your hair.
Other awesome factoids included:
"We all have really bad allergies because of the dust from the archives."
"You may want to invest in hand sanitizer."
"We've investigated the possibility that we are a terrorist bomb target."
Those were, btw, from three separate people.
In the end, while I already knew this job wasn't for me before I heard about the BUGS FROM ABOVE, I have more reasoning now why the job is not for me. Really they want three people: a hard data expert, a research expert, and a floater to help them both. But they can't afford three people, so they're hiring one person to do all of that, and that one person is not going to be me. Even if I desperately wanted the job (I don't because see: bugs, terrorism) I'm not the best candidate for it. I have very little experience in the hard-data end of this position.
Still, it was entertaining.
