Interview #19: Sooby dooby doo, where are you?

Interview 19 was one of the most horrible experiences I have ever had....


I spoke with a woman who called me on a Friday, she sounded nice and was very pleasant. I scheduled an interview for the day after Interview #18. The position that I applied for was a graphic designer.The company is a company that makes it's own products, from stickers to chocolates. My mother had something else to do with my neighbor, so they went to another building while I went on my interview.
The building was huge and kind of looked like an abandoned school or warehouse.
When I got to the place, I found it a bit creepy. The inside was even creepier, I thought I'd run into Scooby and the gang in there!
The woman I spoke on the phone with greeted me and I filled out an application for like 20 minutes.

After I completed the application, the woman came to interview me and she brought an older man who apparently was a part of the graphics department.
Talking to the woman while on the interview was good, I spoke well and it was pleasant.
However, the man was incredibly mean and rude towards me.
I showed him my physical portfolio while I was being asked questions by the woman; and while I was being asked these questions, the man was violently thrashing my portfolio's pages... he didn't really seem to care if something fell out or was damaged. Then he asked me a question about one of the graphic design images I made, he questioned a book design I did on Othello... which everyone that I had shown prior loved. Although, he did point out what was wrong with it and I agreed with what he was telling me. But the way he acted was incredibly rude and nasty; I told him that I made the cover 2-3 years ago and that I have changed since then. So then, he starts flipping all of the other pages and goes "Change, change. I don't see change!"
I said that my more recent things are on my portfolio online, he responded saying I should print my newest things for when I go on  the next interview, he said "I think we're done here". The woman said they'd contact if they were interested and I knew I wasn't going to get contacted because obviously that guy did not like me and I sure didn't like him.
I met back up with my mother and my neighbor and I told them about the horrible experience, my neighbor loved it when I called the guy a douche-bag. XD
In which she began to tell a story about her mother worked with a very Christian woman who never cursed. Eventually her mother got the woman to curse and it was all the talk at her funeral about when she started cursing, because after that it was F bombs everywhere.

When I went to my job the next day, one of the ladies that I work with said I should have said something to that jerk. Like maybe "I have been on many interviews before, and this is the first time I have ever been treated with such rudeness and disrespect." Then she told me I should have flipped them off. XD


Lesson Learned:  Some people are nasty, job interviewers are no exception. Some jobs are not even worth it if people treat you rudely on an interview, they'll probably treat you just as bad on the job. This doesn't always include customer service positions, as that may be a part of the test, but only for Customer Service jobs.

Interview #4: It's........ Chuckie!

My fourth interview was another volunteer job, I had obtained this position because it was much closer to home. I didn't like this job at all, and I was able to go back to the mail room eventually.


This was a maintenance position, which seemed easy enough. I was told I would vacuum and sweep for a school... I was thinking in an actual school. But this place wasn't even the school...
This school was for bad kids, I had to clean their dorms.
First off, the dorms looked like ancient buildings you'd see in a horror movie. Apparently is used to be a convent for nuns.
Someone was already on the maintenance crew, this 29 year old woman with three kids. Since she was alone with this position for a long time. She made ME do all of the dirty work! I had to clean toilets, showers and pick up garbage. She never let me vacuum and I never got to sweep like I was told I would do.
The whole place had a creepy aura to it, I felt like it was haunted or something. One of the rooms, in fact had a chuckie doll in them... just a glimpse of how evil this kids were...
Everyday you'd turn the lights on and.... Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Chuckie! It was really creepy!

The top dorms had the rooms for all of the older kids, and the boys rooms were FILLED with pictures of non nude women with gigantic breasts. The kids there must have incredibly dirty minds.. it was very disturbing.
The whole place just had an uneasy feeling.
The travel was terrible, it took me like 20 minutes to get there from walking from the bus stop... I was told it wouldn't be hard to get there, but I had to walk forever across a mall. By the time I would get there, I was already tired and sweating. Then I had to do more labor that was very tiring... the whole job wore me out and I was only there for three days!
The people were nice, except for this one lady... I mean she was nice but she said this one remark that I thought was rude. She asked me how I thought the job was; I responded "It's an interesting job I have not experienced before". In which she replied along the lines of "Well, sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do." I don't remember clearly, but I just remember I found it to be rude... especially when I didn't say that I didn't like the job.
I enjoyed having lunch though, since it was summer... I would chill on the picnic bench, I would eat lunch and then read a manga for a half an hour. The good thing was there was no supervision...

So, I took an hour lunch when I was only supposed to have a half an hour. But mainly because it was a very physical position that tired me out easily, it just wasn't something I was able to do simply... I had a very tough time with it... as I am not the Hulk or Hulk Hogan.

I was incredibly lucky that I was able to go back to the mail room; it may have taken two and a half hours to get there, but at least it wasn't creepy and physically demanding.

Lesson Learned: Not all jobs are enjoyable, some can be hard, boring, and just downright horrible. The place and the atmosphere can be eerie and un-enjoyable. Sometimes we have to do things we don't like.