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it went well i think, i can never judge these things. i got there around noon after flying from school with connecting flights to st. louis in chicago (ridiculous, but hey...it was a free flight and i didn't have to drive). my first interview was with the human resources person Latashuia (not to be confused with Lafawndah, i guess), and i was really nervous for it. i'm not sure if i gave a good impression there, but...no use worrying about it b/c that's what they've got to work with. after that she explained the benefits and salary of the job to me; apparently it pays $40K/year, has medical, dental, and life insurance, a 401(k), flex spending account, tuition reimbursement up to $3500/year if i wanted to take grad school classes at one of the schools in st. louis, relocation reimbursement/help for moving there...really the benefits are very good (as far as i know). the pay sounded good to me, but what do i know? i've spent the last...oh, 21 years being severely impoverished (okay, i realise that i'm not IMPOVERISHED, just poor b/c of school and lack of job).
then they fed me quizno's, which is a big plus in my book because i heart quizno's, and i chatted with a couple girls around my age who have graduated recently along with an older guy. they were very nice and i really enjoyed talking with them and taking a tour of the building they worked in. definitely wasn't what i expected as far as the building, but things rarely are. i then walked over to a second building with these people and proceded to have 2 interviews with some biochemists right in a row, which were slightly less nerve-wracking but i got nervous when they kept drilling me about my "team-work abilities" and how many leadership roles i've had and blah blah blah, what would i do if there's conflict, how have i learned to work with other people. it got annoying, but i can see why they would need to know that i'm able to work with other people. then when i was walking around with the biochemist supervisor he started asking me questions about aseptic technique and how i would deal with results of an experiment that weren't acceptable (i.e. what would i do to determine the source of the problem), and i had a couple of those which i didn't particularly know what he was getting at. whatevs, he was okay otherwise. i got to walk around in a hair cap, lab coat and booties when we went into the biochem section. that was interesting, to say the least.
my last interview was with an old guy and i'm not sure what he did, but he was cool and laid back. i must say that 90% of the time the questions i was asked in each interview were the same and eventually i was able to tweak my answers enough so that by the last time i was asked them my answers were absolutely superb. and no, there were no m&m questions, but that would have been an interesting fact to throw out there. overall it was an okay experience, but my feet sure did hurt by the end b/c i'd been walking around quite a bit (it's a really big place), which i was afraid of when i went looking for shoes to wear. i totally should've worn my old ones; no one would've noticed anyway and i wouldn't have been in pain by the end of the day when i still had to walk a billion miles through the airport.
i think i'll hear back sometime in the near future b/c they supposedly met with the bosses today about how many people they could hire and after all the interviews are done they'll probably chose the people they liked. i felt like my interview went well, but it could be that they didn't like me at all and they were just trying to be PC about it. only time will tell.
and then there's the issue of grad school. loyola called me back while i was in the airport in st. louis on the way to my interview (since i had called them on monday asking about my application) and said that 4/5 spots had been filled in the department i had applied to. they were waiting til the 15th to hear back from the 5th person. the guy said that my application was good and it was right on the edge, so i guess if whoever they're waiting on doesn't accept the offer then it's possible i'll get a call. they at least know i'm still interested in the position and stuff. but i have no idea what to do now. i have a potential job offer, potential (but probably not) grad school, and potential internship this summer.
someone tell me how to live my life, eh? because i'll will probably fuck it all up, knowing me. who knows, maybe i'll just get rejected from everything like i have been the past couple weeks. not fun or uplifting in the least.
le sigh.
then they fed me quizno's, which is a big plus in my book because i heart quizno's, and i chatted with a couple girls around my age who have graduated recently along with an older guy. they were very nice and i really enjoyed talking with them and taking a tour of the building they worked in. definitely wasn't what i expected as far as the building, but things rarely are. i then walked over to a second building with these people and proceded to have 2 interviews with some biochemists right in a row, which were slightly less nerve-wracking but i got nervous when they kept drilling me about my "team-work abilities" and how many leadership roles i've had and blah blah blah, what would i do if there's conflict, how have i learned to work with other people. it got annoying, but i can see why they would need to know that i'm able to work with other people. then when i was walking around with the biochemist supervisor he started asking me questions about aseptic technique and how i would deal with results of an experiment that weren't acceptable (i.e. what would i do to determine the source of the problem), and i had a couple of those which i didn't particularly know what he was getting at. whatevs, he was okay otherwise. i got to walk around in a hair cap, lab coat and booties when we went into the biochem section. that was interesting, to say the least.
my last interview was with an old guy and i'm not sure what he did, but he was cool and laid back. i must say that 90% of the time the questions i was asked in each interview were the same and eventually i was able to tweak my answers enough so that by the last time i was asked them my answers were absolutely superb. and no, there were no m&m questions, but that would have been an interesting fact to throw out there. overall it was an okay experience, but my feet sure did hurt by the end b/c i'd been walking around quite a bit (it's a really big place), which i was afraid of when i went looking for shoes to wear. i totally should've worn my old ones; no one would've noticed anyway and i wouldn't have been in pain by the end of the day when i still had to walk a billion miles through the airport.
i think i'll hear back sometime in the near future b/c they supposedly met with the bosses today about how many people they could hire and after all the interviews are done they'll probably chose the people they liked. i felt like my interview went well, but it could be that they didn't like me at all and they were just trying to be PC about it. only time will tell.
and then there's the issue of grad school. loyola called me back while i was in the airport in st. louis on the way to my interview (since i had called them on monday asking about my application) and said that 4/5 spots had been filled in the department i had applied to. they were waiting til the 15th to hear back from the 5th person. the guy said that my application was good and it was right on the edge, so i guess if whoever they're waiting on doesn't accept the offer then it's possible i'll get a call. they at least know i'm still interested in the position and stuff. but i have no idea what to do now. i have a potential job offer, potential (but probably not) grad school, and potential internship this summer.
someone tell me how to live my life, eh? because i'll will probably fuck it all up, knowing me. who knows, maybe i'll just get rejected from everything like i have been the past couple weeks. not fun or uplifting in the least.
le sigh.