Interview

I had an interview today.  It was probably one of the longest interviews I’ve had yet.  It lasted some 2 and 1/2 hours.

I had an interview with Toyota Financial.  They are a good strong company and it would appear as a good place to work.  I have to wait until Friday before I will hear anything.  I don’t really like waiting.  I know as humans nobody likes to wait that much.  You wait for food, or drinks, or a movie to start.. we are just impatient beings.  However when it comes to jobs I’d rather know right up front.  As tough (or easy) as that would be, I would prefer it that way.

I passed the first round, and the second round.  I got into the final round.  I guess this is where they measure me up against everyone else.  I’m not so sure I’ll fair as well as some others.  I was speaking to one of the other candidates before the interview started and she let me know that she’s in school.  Going to school for her HR degree.  I thought to myself “well that’s nice” and then she said “since I’m not using my first degree anyway” uh.. beg your pardon?  Oh I see.  You are close to having 2 degrees.  Here I was thinking I had a shot against you or something.  Pffft.  Silly me.

Its kind of irritating.  What can you do?  She came from University of Phoenix so she had been getting free schooling.  I would do the same thing.  Yes, I really would.  The only hitch to my plan is that they don’t hire people without a degree anymore.  Fun.  Oh well.

Getting back to what I was saying.  I never know what to think after I walk out from an interview.  I mean, if you remember there are jobs which they literally promised me the job – only to back track and tell me that they were going another direction.  I keep saying that “somethings gotta give” and eventually.. something should.  Right?

I don’t have anything against anyone with schooling.  Obviously I am engaged to someone who has her degree and her masters.  However.. it doesn’t make me feel very valuable when time after time I hear that I am declined due to not having a degree.  Yet on the other side of things.. I hear that people with a degree are being told they have too much experience.  Maybe there is just no winning.

I will say something though.  Last post I asked for a little help from upstairs and the next day Toyota called me.  If anything it gave me a little bit of hope.

It’s a start!

just Pray