I hate interviews!

I know I cannot be alone in this! Phone interview, face-to-face interview, and now, add Skype interview. I hate them all. Who wants to dress up and put their best foot forward only to be critiqued under a microscope and grilled about what type of an employee you might be?!

Luckily, I have not had many phone interviews lately. Those are the worst. I mean, how can a manager or recruiter possibly get the full scope of who you are over a 30 minute phone conversation? There are the same old "What are your strengths and weaknesses?" and "What motivates you?" and "What is your ideal manager?" questions. Although you can ask questions at the end of a phone interview, some things are off limits and you have to be careful not to blow your chances by bringing up salary, time off or anything that might give your interviewer the wrong idea.

On Friday, I was supposed to have 2 live interviews. One cancelled and will probably flake out on hiring externally altogether. The one I did have was just mediocre. I had to do some testing on my personality and smarts. Really, people? Because a person who holds a 4.0 and gets a Master's degree must be a complete idiot! On top of that, the person interviewing me had little to no personality and basically did not veer from her two pages of standard questions. I feel like she got no real glimpse into me or what I can do. It's a shame that I will probably not even make the top 3 cut for round 2 of interviews. The job itself could have provided some great HR experience.

Then, yesterday morning, I subjected myself to a Skype interview with my alma mater to potentially be an instructor. No one looks good on Skype. There are internet connection issues. It is SO far from personable, it is basically a method that should never be used. My school has instructors and administrators in my city, so why not use one of them instead of an old geezer from Indy? Or, if you must use his Ph.D-ness to vet me, fly his butt to my city to conduct a live interview. Overall, it was a waste of time. I feel nothing good came of the Skype interview.

So - back to the drawing board. For my next interview, can someone please hire me on the spot and put me out my misery from doing anymore interviews!?

Lazy is A-ok!

Typically, we have some party or gathering to attend on Derby day. Sometimes, more than one. This year, we were thankful to not have plans so we could just be lazy! It was just what the doctor ordered! We did some laundry and took care of some household "to-dos" (hanging new curtains, putting up new pictures, rearranging the living room). Now that I have time and the focus is no longer on school, it feels like our home is really coming into view.

Sunday was nice too. Relaxing. Lazy. Awesome! There are weekends when I want to get out and do things - but this wasn't one of them. Luckily, my hubs was on board with being homebodies and chillaxing!