I had my interview yesterday. It was quite possibly the longest interview I’ve ever had.<\/p>\n
I arrived around 10 am and learned that I wouldn’t be meeting with the General Manager until 12:30 at lunch. In the meantime, I would meet with my potential Supervisor\/Manager until then. After about one hour, you find yourself reaching for stuff to talk about. After two hours, your brain is floating. In the middle of the third hour, you wish you would have stayed home.<\/p>\n
Up to that point, I still didn’t know if I had the job or not. And then I went to lunch for my second meeting of the day. We ate at a new chain restaurant called Claim Jumper. It was nice. I had Chicken Pot Pie and Fruit. I answered some softball questions, and I joined in the conversation between my potential Supervisor\/Manager and the General Manager.<\/p>\n
Then we returned to the office and I had a one on one interview with the General Manager for about 45 minutes to an hour. My brain was mush at this point. I couldn’t even see straight. But I seem to recall the GM saying something like, “I think this could work out for us.” On the outside I was calm and cool. On the inside I was jumping for joy. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Then I had to meet with my new Supervisor\/Manager to finalize the details (READ: How much I would get paid). It could go a couple of different ways. They could offer to cover my mileage. I didn’t think that would happen because it could potentially be very expensive. The other option was that they could give me a raise that would cover my expected costs should I commute to Chicago three days per week. This is the option they took. It was uncanny how their math matched mine.<\/p>\n
At any rate, I’m employed. I keep my vacation and benefits. I’m happy, even though it’s one hell of a commute. I have something working right now for a place to stay near Chicago two to three nights per week. If the price is right it’ll be cheaper and easier than driving back and forth each day.<\/p>\n
Now I have to call off interviews I had scheduled for today and later this week.<\/p>\n
–sam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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