h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I keep getting sucked into this thing, argh!

First, I had a phone interview. I thought it was odd that all they would do was a phone interview, but after I had undergone said interview, the recruiter very pleasantly told me that I would surely be hearing from them soon. She sounded very positive, I must have satisfied the interview well enough anyway. And so I waited for a call.

So I waited, and finally, they called back. And I was so excited. And... they wanted me to come in for computer testing. *sigh* Ok, got it, testing. So I racked my brain going back over my A+ books and such, called people who had undergone the testing, etc etc etc... and finally I got to go in for testing this morning. It took me an hour to write the written computer test, and much less time to score 87 words a minute and 97% accuracy on the typing test... which was placed into the "Excellent" category on my testing sheet. Excellent is above the "Above Average" field Even though that speed isn't really up to my personal best... but, hey, I was nervous. Anyway, I completed their rat maze of questions, and finally I got to go home. So I asked the recruiter who was walking me out (because that place is a maze on the inside) when we could be hearing about a possible job?

And she said... "We hope to be contacting people for interviews towards the end of the week or the beginning of next week."

Another interview?! MAKE IT STOP! So now, I wait. To see if I get yet another call.

ugh.

I have to say, the computer test they gave me really and truly surprised me. It was no easy "move this file to this directory" while someone hung over your shoulder and watched you. It was a completely written test, and the first half of it was the type of thing where you need to describe everything in detailed paragraph answer form. And the latter half of it... hey Matt, remember when you said "They aren't going to give you an A+ test"? ... well it was pretty much *drum roll* an A+ test! They wanted me to name fun things like IRQ's for COM ports, and talk about the processes of the POST, how many devices does the USB support, how can you fix the registry, how do you edit the registry... for some of us, these seem like simple questions. But really and truly, it was all straight out of the A+ exam, I couldn't believe it, and I felt sorry for the guy to my left who I knew couldn't answer any of this stuff.

Well, we'll see, we'll see.

- ametropia

Sounds kind of like getting hired to work for the state...

The hoop-jumping, that is--not the test itself (You know full well how I'd do on that test...)

Actually, hope it's a bit less involved...



Hang in there, dear

heh, yeah it all seems kinda crazy. You need key cards to get into the bulding through the employee/security entrance and everything, every employee has a card that they wear around their neck or attached to their pants or something.

I had to knock on the glass to get them to let me in. All the appliants did. It was embarrassing

- ametropia

*fiddles with ID around her neck*

Oh, really?

lol

- ametropia