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[obin_gam]

Are you american? Then remember to send (for some obscure reason) a thankyouemail...

 

[Joey Fox]

If people ask to sum up your strong and weak points in any kind of form. ALWAYS start with your strong and postive points. When you talk people subconsciously tend to hear and remember the first half of what you say better then the end of the story. Gives a more positive vibe.

Even better is a shit sandwich.

Start with something really positive, then move to a weak point that actually was a weak point that you've now actually turned into a strength. This demonstrates self-improvement.

 

[Rell]

The interview for my current job was seven hours. I spoke with like ten people, was interviewed over lunch, and toured pretty much every corner of the facility.

 

[rudieboy77]

In my experience an interview that lasts this long is typically the second or third interview at a job that is hard to get into. Just act the way you did in the other interviews, because they already liked what they have seen or they wouldn't be wasting their time.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

I had a similar interview for my current job. I spoke to four different people and had lunch. It'll probably go by quite fast and you'll most likely repeat yourself a lot between the different interviewers.

 

[Afrodium]

I had a two hour interview today. It was four 30-minute interviews back to back. If your process is anything like mine, most of your three hours will be spent answering the same questions to different people. While it's three hours of interviews, each interviewer will still likely spend the bulk of the interview asking about your resume, your past experiences, etc. so it's not all that bad if you can confidently talk about your resume.

Also, prepare lots of questions. While you can probably get away with asking multiple interviewers the same question, you don't want to ask the same three things at the end of every interview. And honestly, three hours may seem long but it will fly by.

EDIT: I didn't realize you already did it. Good luck!

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

No good thread ends without closure.

Wednesday night while on the way to basketball, I got a ring from an unknown number. It went to voicemail, and it was a young lady working for the staffing agency on behalf of

Spoiler

Pfizer

. She said she would be in and out of training and meetings for the next two days, but that I could try her on her cell. I called her cell after my game, no answer, left her a voicemail.

No response.

Called again Thursday morning, again, voicemail.

No response.

This morning, I called the staffing agency's local branch, they've never even heard of a girl by this name. So she must be at one of the offices in another state. I send her a text, telling her that I'm still interested in the position, and for her to please call me. She texts me back apologizing for her busy schedule the past few days, and says we'll catch up later in the afternoon.

She finally calls me back a little after lunch, but of course, I'm off doing actual fucking work (read, babysitting the new postdocs), so I miss the call. Her voicemail at least makes light of the phone tag. I call her back...and get voicemail. I tell her to call me back...but not in the next hour, as I have to go downstairs to one of our animal facilities where I have terrible reception. She calls me almost immediately after I finish...while I'm dropping a deuce.

I take the call. I manage to to wipe, zip up, and flush while somehow not dropping my phone in the john. She makes the offer. It's generous. They e-mailed me the paperwork shortly after.

If I pass the background check and drug test, I'm in.

 

[commedieu]

next chapter... THE DRUG TEST mwuhauhauhwahahahaaa ha.hah..

glad to hear it went well!

 

[Duracelllll]

Cool good luck.

 

[Amikami]

You flushed while on the phone??

Glad to hear things working out. Good luck.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

You flushed while on the phone??

Glad to hear things working out. Good luck.

While on headphone/speaker, so I know she must have heard it.

But I was NOT missing that call. And I wasn't going to negotiate a contract with my pants around my ankles.

 

[Tristam]

I've had more than a few 3-hour interviews...surprised that people are surprised.

 

[PeskyToaster]

Congrats op! What a convoluted series of missed calls. I really hate when that happens.

 

[FartOfWar]

I've been doing 3 to 4 three-hour interviews a day for weeks (yes, across several time zones), with some six-hour on-site interviews here and there. It takes endurance.

 

[ramuh]

I was found for those long interview to be like I was in my Sergeant/Staff Sergeant Board days. Study up, lightly anyways for me. And then bring a positive attitude. You don't have to be an expert of everything but know a little bit about it all. And understand the concepts behind the position. That positive attitude is your best weapon in an interview IMO.

 

[Brakke]

Don't say anything racist. Don't say anything sexist. Do relax. Do ask questions, even if you know the answers already.

 

[DietRob]

But I was NOT missing that call. And I wasn't going to negotiate a contract with my pants around my ankles.

Sounds like a pretty bad ass way to negotiate a contract, actually.

Congrats, glad everything worked out well for you.