The Interview and the Job
August 18th, 2010I had given up trying to find a job using my German til I spoke with some folks at the Alfred University Career Development Center who convinced me to give it another shot. I searched linkedin and bam, search results!
I was psyched about this position because I would get to use my German in a business setting, and had an interview scheduled for August 11, the day after I returned from Tucson. Things went south pretty fast when I came home and realized my power steering was just spewing out when the car was turned on, and had leaked the whole time just sitting in the driveway. Needless to say, I freaked out and scrambled to find a car to borrow to no avail, and finally made a reservation for a car rental. I got a Chevy HHR and picked it up the next morning and drove to Boston at 8 am. The interview was at 3, and I got in at 2. Exit right off the thruway to the parking garage, couldn’t have been more convenient. Learned some very interesting things about the company and was quite pleased with it in generaly and BOY do I keep getting interrupted tonight…
Anyway..I also spoke German with the German woman who heads the department and provided a writing sample, only to find out yesterday that my German writing is not at the level they are looking for. This is understandable since i am fluent in German, but hardly ever do much writing. Fortunately, I was offered a job doing the same thing but in English instead of German. I snapped that right up!
I’m incredibly excited for many reasons, especially because Boston is a brand new city and there’s much to do, so much to see. When I was in Minneapolis I just felt so bored there because I’d done all that there is to do in the 3 years I was there. I’m also very interested in the corporate world and gaining some experience, and this company is a great place to start. They prefer to hire young people and so the average age of the entire company is 24, which means there are plenty of pelple my age to hang out with through work. I hope that I will make friends through roommates so that I’m not only connected to those I work with.
Overall I am thrilled to finally have a job and be getting some corporiate experience, even though I can definitely say I am still very committed to education and learning, I really really want a corporate experience and am excited at the chance to learn what it’s like to work with a web company!




