So I had Phone Interview.....
..well I thought I did. I revived an email from the person who was going to do the interview. It would be at midday and would take half an hour at most. It was just to walk through my CV no more than that. Still it's chance to make an impression, even if it's just by phone. One problem though, my current place of work is really small, I mean really small and all the rooms are usually full of people trying to avoid other people or talking to customers. I did not want my current colleagues having to listen in to me be that less complimentary about my current situation (I hasten to add many would agree and sympathise ) I of course needed to get out of the office and go somewhere a little bit of earshot.
I thought about a couple of Cafe's but then again knowing my luck I would be in mid-flow about my career to date and some loud people would plonk themselves down next to me. Also, nearly every place has some sort of music playing in the background. I did not fancy competing against whatever passes for chart music these days. So I chose to find a seat outside and bar round the corner from the office; ordered a coffee took out a note pad my CV and waited for the call.
And waited...and waited. I had fun pinning down my CV with various objects as you know Edinburgh in February is a bit windy and rainy. I was sheltered from the rain so that a blessing. Then of course I realised that this particular bar is very close to one of the main roads of Edinburgh so every so often there was the wail of ambulance or Fire Engine. That is ok Brian you can make a joke about it, that will ease the stress of the interview! I was also thinking through my shivering that competing with music might of the better option.
Still waiting...by now it was a good 15 minutes over the agreed time. So I emailed that person from my phone asking if there was an issue. I was not expecting an immediate reply and of course did not get one. I then spent a good few minutes trying to locate the phone number of the office of the company. For their own reasons, this particular company does not seem to publicise its number. One explanation later was these companies are just putting off recruitment agencies from phoning them. The irony meter just went off the scale there.
I drank my now cold coffee and marched back to the office in the right old mood. Complained to all my colleagues who sympathised with me the best they could. Much later some people suggested that maybe the person who was doing the interview was off sick or something and there is that side of the story. I will email them back this weekend and see if we can reschedule the phone interview-I still like the sound of the company.
I have a proper sit-down interview on Monday which I am going to painstakingly prep for.
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