September 7, 2004
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I had an interview today, so I had to be up early (like 7:30AM). I had
a lot of trouble sleeping. This getting up early really really sucks.
The interview was at 9:30 and in Naperville, but really close to
Warrenville, so it was going to be about a 30 minute drive. I arrived
at the place at about 9:15. The building was sorta empty. Actually,
when I walked into the office, there was nobody behind the reception
desk, and there was a sign asking to ring the bell if you need
somebody. I did and somebody came up. They told me the person I needed
to see had stepped away and asked me to wait in a conference room.
After about 30 seconds, the lady that interviewed me walked in. She
started by telling me a lot about the company and what I would be
doing. It would be for a staff assistant. Lots of reports. The company
was actually RR Donnelley, the phone book people. She explained that
the reason the building was empty was because they had about 200
employees, but they were bought by another company, and now they have
only 20 people, and have not moved because the landlord told them to
stay. They told them to stay? What, like they were puppies?
“Stay………good boy!”
Anywho, to be honest, I’m
really not qualified for the job, but I did my best in the interview
anyway. At the end, she told me she was impressed, but had to do second
interviews. At the end of the interview, she asked me if I had any
questions, and I asked one. As she was answering it, a guy came in the
room and said that they needed to use the room for a conference call.
We promply finished up and she said if I had any more questions to
contact her. I did not have a good feeling about this one, but we will
see.
