Eeekkk...interview on Friday!
Posted
Monday, September 08, 2008 12:15 PM
I got an email this morning from my boss to let me know that they've scheduled my interview for the Assistant Director postion on Friday at 10am.....with all of the higher-ups at the college (VP of Finance, Dean of Administration, Director of Admissions, etc.). Eeek! I'm freaking out. I've never really had an interview of this "caliber" before and while I'm excited, I'm also freakin' nervous!
I'm also slightly bummed though as well. Since this position is at one of our satellite campuses, the interview will be held there as well. My boss sent around another email this morning to the other two internal candidates and myself to see if we all wanted to carpool to our interviews together. I was slightly put off by this because:
1.) I found it highly unprofessional. I really would have prefered to keep the fact that I applied for this position private.
2.) The two other candidates both meet the BA degree requirement and I don't. I won't graduate until next summer.
I'm actually really bummed now that I know who my competition is for this position. The one candidate and I started together and (she had no financial aid experience whatsoever and I already had 3 years under my belt) both applied for our current positions when they became available. I was passed over by her because she had management experience in a totally unrelated field and had her degree (again, in a totally unrelated field). I felt that I was only offered the position the next time it opened up because my boss didn't want to go through the hassle of having to interview anyone again. I can just picture history repeating itself all over again and it's pretty disconcerting as the experience that I do have is highly relevant to the position. It's so frustrating that it's clear my employer is only looking for that piece of paper and doesn't seem to care in the slightest whether or not someone has the appropriate work experience and/or whether they are working very diligently to get their degree.
My initial excitement this morning has now just turned to utter frustration. I'm so tired of spinning my wheels and not getting anywhere.