Above is a picture of me in my new suit just before heading off to my interview. 
K, the person who took over at the gym took the picture.
Overall the interview went pretty well. I answered the questions fairly easily, and the interviewer seemed to like me.
Near the end she told me that one thing they were looking for is someone who can look her in the eye and say they'll be there two years. I told her that I could say that with confidence, because my master's program will take that long (especially if I'm working a real full-time job.)
She then told me that if I was truly interested, that she had a test she wanted me to take. A test only given to candidates she feels are a good possibility.
oh, she also asked me if I thought I'd get bored up there, having a degree, etc. I told her that I had done a similar job at TO, and hadn't been bored.
Ok, now the test. Ugh!
First 20 questions were pretty normal ..
Gave me a list of 4 words and I had to mark the word in each set that least/most described me. Ok, no problem.
THEN there were FIVE Analogies!!!! Errghhh!!!!
white is to black: blue is to ____
5 - 66: 7 - ___
Then there were Five questions about completing patterns.
One example: 298, 209, 129, 58, -4, ___
Another: A, F, Z, U, G, L, T
My eyes were bugging out!
Then to complete my fun ... 10 statements which I had to say if I Strongly Agreed, Mildly Agreed, Agreed, Mildly Disagreed, Disagreed, and Strongly Disagreed.
One statement said: I never miss an event in a series I've subscribed to.
At first I was like, what in the world?!
Then I realized they probably meant like a symphony series or a playhouse series where you can "subscribe" for a season. Well... if I could afford to subscribe to a series, darn right I'd not miss any that I'd paid for!!! But I figured out they were looking for attitudes of rigidity or judgmentalness, so I put "mildy disagreed."
When I was finished, she told me that there are four other people they are looking at, and they should make a decision by next Wednesday or so.
Oh, forgot.. benefits
Paid health insurance
Paid long term disability
Paid 15k life insurance
401k 50% of every dollar to 5% :bug eyes:
8 pd holidays including Good Friday
I didn't bring up about my upcoming vacation. I couldn't find a good way to bring it up. If the offer the job to me, then I'll tell them. Maybe something like "I'm interested in the job, however, I have a trip over the holidays which has been planned and paid for since early October. Is that going to be a problem?"
We didn't discuss salary, so I'm not sure what that'll be. Though I imagine it will be more than min wage! 
Thanks everyone for your well wishes and encouragement. Ya'll are awesome. 
My Interview
November 7th, 2009 at 01:06 am
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November 7th, 2009 at 02:47 am 1257562073
Very nice suit! What a great find! Sounds like the job interview went awesome! Hope that you land this job - sounds perfect for where you are right now in life!
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November 7th, 2009 at 04:18 am 1257567490
Lizajane - I agree! It is a waste of time to not get the money issue upfront and center. But .. what can you do? Buck the system, and don't get the job. Don't buck it, and *maybe* get the job.
November 7th, 2009 at 10:10 am 1257588656
Test - ugh!
Here's hoping you get the offer!!
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