I am still in waiting mode for the Shelter Insurance agency position I interviewed for two weeks ago.
There were three of us in being interviewed for this position and each of us had 3-hour interview sessions. We were all there at the same time, three different interviewers and then we switched every hour. It was very uncomfortable because I know the other two candidates. Makes it tough knowing you are fighting for a job against friends.
I was informed last week that one of the other candidates was not "qualified" which I don't understand. But, it is not mine to question. I was assured that I was still in the running.
The company policy states that there must be three "qualified" candidates before the position can be filled. That being said, the company needed to find an additional candidate. That candidate would have to go through the same process that the rest of us did, including a 3-hour interview with three company officials. The district manager assured me this process was going to be done as quickly as possible and I was hoping for an answer this week.
A new opportunity also opened up this week for a job I applied for last year with the American Cancer Society as a Community Representative. I did very well in my interview last year and it came down to me or a girl already working in the office. The girl had been employed with the ACS for about 10 years and they decided to give her a chance at the position.
This girl has decided to move to Chicago, so the position is open once again. I have applied and am hoping for another interview and a chance to be offered the opportunity, which I think I would really enjoy.
In the meantime, there may be an opportunity for me to go back into sales at a local car dealership. It's a tough business with very long hours and would mean that I probably would miss my kid's ballgames and golf outings.
It would be a job and it would be one I would handle differently from the first time I sold cars, back in pre-recession times. Very long hours, difficult to get people financed, straight commission sales.
What am I going to do?
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
A difficult interview
February 15th was my last entry on this site and today is March 8. A lot has happened since that time.
I have been through four interviews with one company, and two other interviews at separate places of employment and received two "thanks but we've decided to pursue another candidate" letters in the mail.
My most encouraging opportunity at this very moment is for a Shelter Insurance Agency located in my town. I know I am one in three vying for the position. The three of us were in the same building last Friday in Indianapolis, at the same time. Very uncomfortable situation to say the least.
The process for hiring was to face three separate interviewers, one the district manager overseeing the office we applied for, one a regional manager and one a district manager for the west side of Indianapolis.
They decided to whittle the process down to their top three candidates. I guess I should be proud that I was one of the top three. However, there is no prize for second best and so the three of us wait patiently for word of their selection which is supposed to happen early this week.
It was odd being in the same room with two other guys I know, one closely and one I tried to sell a truck to when I was employed at Enneking Auto Body. I wasn't able to close that deal, but he basically stopped in on a Saturday because his wife was in a bad mood and he had to get out of the house.
The other gentleman up for the position sits on the same Area Plan Commission board that I do. Two weeks ago, he saw me in my second interview with the district manager, but I didn't know he had entered the office. Following our most recent APC meeting last Wednesday, a mere two days before the 3-hour interviews in Indianapolis, he told me that he was up for the position as well.
I entered the interviews very enthusiastic and positive. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the best, I gave myself a 9.8 in terms of how I thought I performed and answered their questions. I know a 9.8 is not a perfect 10, but I am not sure how I could have done any better.
I left that interview with confidence that I am the one for the job and the opportunity to own my own business, selling insurance.
The downfall, one of the other guys being interviewed already has his insurance license. I do not. It will take me time to get mine and take the state tests. This could prove to be a fatal blow. Still, I can't think of that as an outcome. I must remain positive and upbeat. I must continue to will this to me, see myself in the position and see myself succeeding.
If I get the call this week that one of the other two guys have been chosen, I will be devastated. It's been three months now and I am not sure where else to turn. I've had a difficult time focusing and trying to move things forward that I want to move forward on. Motivation has been an issue.
So I am going to close out this article, get online and apply for something else and perhaps find something else to write about.
Time will tell.
I have been through four interviews with one company, and two other interviews at separate places of employment and received two "thanks but we've decided to pursue another candidate" letters in the mail.
My most encouraging opportunity at this very moment is for a Shelter Insurance Agency located in my town. I know I am one in three vying for the position. The three of us were in the same building last Friday in Indianapolis, at the same time. Very uncomfortable situation to say the least.
The process for hiring was to face three separate interviewers, one the district manager overseeing the office we applied for, one a regional manager and one a district manager for the west side of Indianapolis.
They decided to whittle the process down to their top three candidates. I guess I should be proud that I was one of the top three. However, there is no prize for second best and so the three of us wait patiently for word of their selection which is supposed to happen early this week.
It was odd being in the same room with two other guys I know, one closely and one I tried to sell a truck to when I was employed at Enneking Auto Body. I wasn't able to close that deal, but he basically stopped in on a Saturday because his wife was in a bad mood and he had to get out of the house.
The other gentleman up for the position sits on the same Area Plan Commission board that I do. Two weeks ago, he saw me in my second interview with the district manager, but I didn't know he had entered the office. Following our most recent APC meeting last Wednesday, a mere two days before the 3-hour interviews in Indianapolis, he told me that he was up for the position as well.
I entered the interviews very enthusiastic and positive. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the best, I gave myself a 9.8 in terms of how I thought I performed and answered their questions. I know a 9.8 is not a perfect 10, but I am not sure how I could have done any better.
I left that interview with confidence that I am the one for the job and the opportunity to own my own business, selling insurance.
The downfall, one of the other guys being interviewed already has his insurance license. I do not. It will take me time to get mine and take the state tests. This could prove to be a fatal blow. Still, I can't think of that as an outcome. I must remain positive and upbeat. I must continue to will this to me, see myself in the position and see myself succeeding.
If I get the call this week that one of the other two guys have been chosen, I will be devastated. It's been three months now and I am not sure where else to turn. I've had a difficult time focusing and trying to move things forward that I want to move forward on. Motivation has been an issue.
So I am going to close out this article, get online and apply for something else and perhaps find something else to write about.
Time will tell.
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