Interview

Yesterday I had an interview with a Derby software company. The place was quite easy to find; it was situated on a tired-looking industrial estate. The interview appeared to go well (the 2 interviewers were 30-somethings, and they were very pleasant), although some of the questions I was asked were rather difficult to answer, since they were asking me to trawl my memory for specific examples of certain scenarios in my previous experience. Now I have a good memory - but sadly it only extends to trivia and facts. I've handled a lot of calls over my years in IT, and most of them have disappeared into the black hole of forgetfulness. The job sounds interesting and would certainly involve some travel - even overseas. If they want me back for a second interview, I'll have to give a presentation on a technical subject - which sounds like fun!

I went for a sandwich and a beer at the Navigation at Shardlow afterwards - it was nice to reflect on the previous hour with some Pedigree in hand!

This morning I was phoned by the guy at the agency who put me onto the job in the first place. Naturally he was interested to find out how the interview went. He tells me he's going to speak to the company, and he'll phone me later.

I'm assuming nothing. I've continued the job hunting, and have applied for another job this morning. It's for a systems administrator in a Nottingham design studio, but there's no detail about what is required - so it's a shot in the dark. But then it's all a shot in the dark from where we are, isn't it?