Company Z

[cjsmith]

I have an interview! The first one of the 2006 Job Hunting Season. I shall name it Company Z, and I've already been warned they move like greased lightning if they want someone. This means that if I do get an offer I'll have to accept or deny with no other offers, or even interviews, in hand.

So. Bone up for this one, or push to get another quickly? Probably bone up. This company is a good fit for me or it isn't; another interview won't change that.

Comments

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Right. :) Nifty.

And make sure you're interviewing them, too. You can wait for the right fit.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It feels so good to be moving on this.

Agreed completely about the interview going both ways. One thing I have to my advantage, through luck more than anything else, is that I was a consultant for over a decade. I interviewed a lot. I've gotten... at least somewhat better at it, and I'll keep my head enough to ask good questions and to listen underneath for the pulse of the place.

[apparentparadox]

Definitely go interview for this one. The only reason in my mind to have another possibility in your pocket is if you're trying to negotiate money or days off or other perks -- it shouldn't really be used to decide if the company is acceptable.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

My only fear is that I'd settle for "barely acceptable" instead of finding "good". With any luck, though, this will be a clear no or a clear yes.

[apparentparadox]

Ah, but it should be easy to avoid settling for "barely acceptable" because you haven't even talked with many companies yet -- so "barely acceptable" shouldn't even be tempting!

Good luck!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I'd hope I have good sense, but my confidence isn't high. :-) Thanks!

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

ooh! already?! congrats!! and, of course, good luck!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Fingers crossed for Monday!

[abenn.livejournal.com]

I'm in your "thinking good thoughts" corner.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thank you; I really appreciate it.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

ooh - good luck!!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

What I'd particularly like is to find YOU a job. Here, if not in LA. :)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

me too!! btw, would you recommend quicken as a personal finance and budgeting program?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I use it for finance tracking and (less) investment tracking. I confess I don't have a budget per se. I like it a lot better than my Excel spreadsheet, which was getting quite unwieldy! I don't know its competition, so I can't say I'd recommend it over something else. But it sure does what I need and more. (Pie charts! Cute little graphs! Sorted lists of expenditures by category, by payee, or by date!)

[sharya.livejournal.com]

Yay! Good luck with the interview!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Fingers crossed.

[callyperry.livejournal.com]

Woot! You go! I would expect anybody who talked to you to want to hire you.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*blush* thanks! I hope so!

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Whoo-hoo!! Good luck!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Hey, how's your situation job-wise? Haven't heard any news on that front for a little while.

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Ah, I start NewJob on the 12th. One more week ant UMG and I'm FREE!!!!!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS!

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Yay! I didn't see LJ last night so had no idea while we were chatting.

"It's the boogie-woogie programmer from Company Z!" ;-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Bwaha! Two years ago I think I named 'em A, B, and C. Or maybe I had an S and a P in there. Either way, it works :-) :-)

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

Wow, already! And I haven't even figured out what I want to be when I grow up. Congratulations!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up either. Maybe I'll do that when I retire. :-)

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

Oh, never grow up!

(I knew what you meant.)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah. :-) I'll grow up in the sense of figuring out who I really am and what I'm good at and all that stuff, when I "retire". (Here I'm defining "retirement" as "no longer caring so much about that high tech salary".) I'll take the WEIRDEST jobs, purely for fun and learning. I'm looking forward to it. It'll be great. I will also have a dog.

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

Ooh, a dog! Me, too!

[kennita.livejournal.com]

You go, girl! :-D