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What was your most bizarre interview experience like?

My most bizarre interview experience is, without a doubt, a trip I took to downtown Miami, from Pompano Beach, Florida, on the regional train system. The ride was a first for me. I switched to the Metro to get to downtown Miami and walked, in the Florida summer heat, to the highrise office building where this interview was meant to take place, before 11 am. It was sunny and hot!

The thing was, the trip was what I thought would be the most wasteful part of day (though I read a newspaper on the way there). However, the worst was yet to come.

I arrived at the office, waited around 40 minutes until the president of this apparently leading-edge information company (newsletter and web site info for a specific financial/security field) made his way out to greet me. One problem: his assistant, who was out the day I showed up, the one who set the interview and confirmed it with an email to me, neglected to clue in anyone ELSE about my interview. No one, not the prez, not the woman at the reception desk, NO ONE knew I was meant to be there.

In short, I spent an entire business day -- round-trip -- traveling and waiting, only to be told no one understood that I was to be interviewed, and the president did a rather shocking-bad job of trying to care that I was there. (Reset the appointment? Naah - just muddle through half-interested.) His assistant was the impromptu HR coordinator for this growing company. So much for doing that duty effectively.

It was an amazing waste of a day. But, I got to ride the train! I had not ridden on a train, even a subway or monorail, in a long time. So all was not lost, but I resolved myself to double-check an appointment BEFORE leaving for it, from now on. I mean, with someone like an HR manager or the actual interviewee if I can manage that. Of course, I'd do it considerately, unlike how the prez of that Miami company handled my effort to interview with him.
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Posted @ 07:56PM, November 01, 2006 by Jon Osterholm | Permalink
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TAC Worldwide February 2008 to the present
Professional Consultant
Indra Systems January 2007 to the present
Writer (Technical & Business Dev.)

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How would you describe your time at Indra Systems?

What I do at Indra? It's actually evolving. I began doing reports and other items for submittal to government (military) customers. I have been involved with setting up process flowcharts, proposals, press releases; other writing-related and business development / planning efforts I am also involved with.... read more
Adecco September 2005 to February 2008
Technical Writing Contractor

How would you describe your time at Adecco?

I worked for this large staffing company through Orlando subsidiary TAD PGS. First at Piper Aircraft, then at Indra.
Piper Aircraft September 2005 to December 2006
Technical Writer, Illustrator

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The City Paper April 2001 to June 2002
Advertising and Layout Editor

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The City Paper October 2000 to April 2001
Production Editor

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The Gazette (Goodlettsville, Tenn.) March 1998 to June 2000
Managing Editor, Founder

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Education

Embry Riddle Aeronatautical University August 1987 to May 1992
Business Admin

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How would you describe your time at Embry Riddle Aeronatautical...?

A real great experience. I came to understand some real abilities of mine, and along with the business education I received, it was a great thing to do.

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