I had a phone interview this morning and it was pretty much a disaster. I think it was a matter of two people just not "clicking" so there was probably nothing to be done differently but the more I think about it, the angrier I get. During our half hour conversation, she clicked over to another call or put me on hold to talk to someone in her office FOUR times. I was patient the first couple of times, but I was really kind of annoyed by the fourth time. Especially because at the end, although she told me that she was going to pass on my information to the next round of interviewers, she basically criticized me and said that I didn't really do a good job of answering her questions. Then she proceeded to tell me how to better answer the questions to the next round of interviewees, which I guess was supposed to be a public service, but which enfuriated me because the fact is that I did say EXACTLY what she told me to say.... she just clearly didn't hear it that way, probably because she was so busy putting me on hold in the midst of all my responses. She also said that she didn't see any motivation in my resume (huh?), since my background is quite varied. Apparently, you aren't allowed to switch careers in your lifetime? Nor are you allowed to have three completely unique library internships, like I did, because instead of teaching me a multitude of skills, it makes me look unfocused. I guess I do see that point of view, but what am I supposed to do about it now? Other people have said they like that I have a lot of different experiences so I guess you can't win all the time.
I'm not sure if I will indeed "move forward" for this position or truly if I even want to. We'll see. I have another phone interview tomorrow afternoon, though, for a cataloging position in New Jersey and at least that is with library personnel. I find the interviews with human resources people or recruiters who do not have a library background at all can be really frustrating.
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