I hate job interviews, but quite honestly, I got more comfortable after having gone on a few. (It had been three years since my last interview; skills get rusty.) It's important even if you don't want the job, because it's less pressure to perform, and you get a chance to practice your questions and answers.
I understand that, which is why I'm going. And it's been almost 10 years for me, and my interview for my previous job was more socializing than anything, since I already worked for the company, the interview was done by the entire team I was joining, and I knew a couple of them already from having worked for the company.
So this is really going to be my first for really real interview for job that isn't retail or otherwise highschool summer-jobby.
I just wish I knew how much of me feeling ill was nerves, and how much was actually illness.
"I don't believe in ghosts, but underworld creatures have taken up residence in the building," Robertsen told newspaper Nordlys, referring to a term used for the fairies and goblins of Norwegian folklore.
I bet it's not a fairy but a Nisse. They have bad tempers and they don't like it when barns are disturbed or when humans are disrespectful to the land. When I was a child in Minnesota we always spoke kindly to them when in the barn, even though we never saw one.
From Wikipedia:
Despite his smallness, the tomte/nisse possessed an immense strength. Even though he was protective and caring he was easy to offend, and his retributions ranged from a stout box on the ears to the killing of livestock or ruining of the farm's fortune. The tomte/nisse was a traditionalist who did not like changes in the way things were done at the farm. Another easy way to offend him was rudeness: farm workers swearing, urinating in the barns, or not treating the creatures well would be soundly thrashed. If anyone spilled something on the floor in the house it was wise to shout a warning to the tomte below.
In our house, every day is Indigenous People's Day, or at least 1/8 of the time.
Weekend plans: Maybe using bookstore gift card, video of The Devil Wears Prada.
Heh. Kind of ironic (or something -- shakes fist at Morrisette) that they'd kill livestock, but get pissy when livestock were mistreated.
So this is really going to be my first for really real interview for job that isn't retail or otherwise highschool summer-jobby.
Oh, dear. I started doing real interviews when I was 19, and have been doing them every few years since. Once you soldier your way through
their
questions, and ask if you have any questions for them, I've had good experiences with "What are the major challenges I'll face working here?" and "What is your favorite part of working here?"
Man, that description of tomten makes them sound a lot like cats....
So this is really going to be my first for really real interview for job that isn't retail or otherwise highschool summer-jobby.
Yikes. All the more reason for you to take any interview you can get at this point. I bet 90% of the bad-feeling is nerves, but I'm sorry if you're actually ill.
this sounds intriguing. tell us more.
Quite simple, if you're on the list of invitees, every MLK weekend: (1) buy some interesting form of bacon (also booze, etc.) (2) converge on a house in Northern Vermont for the weekend (and bring music, DVDs, games, etc.) (3) cook and eat bacon and hang out with geeks of all sorts for the weekend.
This is my first time going to this (I guess last year's big discovery was "chocolate covered bacon", which I'm still skeptical about). The big twist this year is a cooker for a whole pig was bought. Said pig will be cooked and eaten up yum. There's also some kind of rally that involves cooking bacon that I'm not 100% sure what all that's about. And it sounds like one of the people coming was intrigued enough by the Good Eats episode about smoking your own bacon (which was also a hilarious mash-up/parody of Junkyard Wars and Iron Chef) to give it a shot, but that may have just been speculative discussion.
Needless to say, not the healthiest of events. I have to put off a few resolutions until after this weekend.
