interview: round 1

So... I had my interview for the job I REALLY want. I think it went well. I felt good about the interview when I left. I feel like I gave it my best shot. So now it is a waiting game to see if I get to round 2...

There is A LOT of competition for this job. I actually had lunch with one of my competitors yesterday after his interview. It's an interesting situation, because while we've known each other for a while, it's just been in the past month or two that we've really started to become friends. So we became friends... and then we discovered that we had both applied for this job. And we both REALLY want it. AND he's Patagonia's brother (sorry Patagonia if it's awkward to listen to both of us talk about it)!!! We'll call him Bowtie for now.

So, Bowtie and I have lunch yesterday. We both feel good about our interviews. We both really want the job. We both have similar backgrounds that make us pretty well qualified. BUT... we are friends. So, we want to be supportive of each other too. I feel like so far, we are doing a pretty good job of handling the slightly strange dynamics of our new friendship, but if we both make it to round 2... things will get interesting! Right now it's us and a lot of other people, but round 2 will knock it down significantly. We'll see what happens. Hopefully, by the middle of next week we'll know if we made it or not!

Until then... I guess I just have to wait!

SIDE NOTE: When I graduated from college, I discovered it was NOT EASY for me to find people I really clicked with and wanted to be friends with. In college, it was so easy to find people who you clicked with, because there were so many people, in the same stage of life, with similar interests, right there all living in the same buildings! But then I started working... and at the branch of my organization that I work with, there are 5 of us full-time. The town I live in is a lot of young families, but not many young single people. So finding friends has taken quite a bit of effort. Last spring, I met two girls who work at other branches that I really clicked with, and I am so thankful that I met them! But, the people I really click with post-college have been few and far between, so I'm really excited that Bowtie and I have become friends, because he's a great guy and a lot of fun... so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that our relatively new friendship can navigate the competing-for-jobs-waters safely!