They also asked for references.
I feel like I'm getting really good at asking questions when being interviewed, when I was stymied by the principle last job search. Simple things like "What components make up the project team?" and more specific-to-the-job things like "What makes this deployment attempt more likely to succeed than the first two failures" make me sound interested and like I've been listening, I hope.
Fingers crossed. The background check from now is so that I could start ASAP if they choose me.
"What makes this deployment attempt more likely to succeed than the first two failures"
That's a terrific question, goes to their processes and shows interest in how they manage things.
It opens the kimono.
Or closes it. Or puts it on a hanger.
Look, I don't know what that means in business-speak. I just wanted to sound hip.
I am SO GLAD I have never heard the kimono thing at work. I would not be able to resist laughing in the person's face. And then giving them the side eye for the rest of the meeting.
Go ita!!!!!
I am SO GLAD I have never heard the kimono thing at work.
I did at the last job, from the horrible Dolores Umbridge-type manager. I raised my eyebrows and said "WHAT? EXUSE ME?"
True to form, she acted like she didn't hear me.
Go ita! That's very exciting!
Successful bike ride, woohoo! Shifted easily so I think my half-assed maintenance might be good enough and I successfully installed my new lights and phone holder beforehand. That's two workouts in one day (I swam before work) and I am not all tuckered out!
I was driving home tonight, and a thought about roads came to me. Followed by another thought, followed by a worldview, followed by characters. When I got to a stop light I scrounged for an envelope and a pen to scribble notes before they could get away.
I was afraid of what the writing would do, whether my brain wouldn't let that part free. But it's still there. And perhaps a bit stronger, with all this experience to work from.
That's great, Connie! I'm still not sure about that for myself.
And in "learning how to cook like a grown-up, baby steps edition" I discovered we do indeed have a garlic press, so I was able to add fresh garlic to the Hamburger Helper. It's weird what counts as progress.
