May 12, 2011

At SFO, Waiting for my flight home

No better time then now to blog again. So, 2 days ago, I had a phone interview with Sony Ericsson and an hour later they called me back saying they wanted to do an onsite interview… on Thursday… today! Late notice, but who am I to say no. As a job seeker, got to go where the job is, and this job was smack dab in between San Francisco and San Jose.

I really wasn’t expecting them to call back so soon, or to even invite me for a second interview let alone an onsite interview. So yesterday afternoon, my last minute 6am flight was booked, wake up at 3am, head to ONT, fly to SFO… and waiting for me at baggage claim was a lone drive holding up my name on a big piece of paper. A town car, waiting for me, baller status, right?

So, once again, I go through 2 and a half hours of grilling. 3 different interviewers. Although I felt more comfortable with this set of interviews, I feel that I didn’t perform well enough to be confident that I got the job. It could go either way. With enough training, I’m sure I could do the job no problem. But it seems perhaps my knowledge was lacking. Only time will tell.

From what I’m aware, there are a couple positions open, and I’m in the top 5 of the candidates… I really want this one… almost as much as I wanted the job in Canada. I’m ready for another big move. I know I’ll miss my friends here, but I gotta go where the money is. And since Vegas is never a sure thing, I need to actually earn some cash legitimately.

So now I play the waiting game. Will they hire me or not. I don’t know. I have another position lined up that is not as lucrative as this one, in fact, I’d be getting a bit of a pay cut from my previous position. But I’m really tired of not working believe it or not. It’s not a position I wanted to be in this year. All I can do is wait.

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