Yesterday I got a call, my first legit one since starting the job search process, and went in today for a group interview. The company was not one that I'd applied to- they found my resume on Monster, and so it was a little weird to have them ask me "why insurance?" when a) they solicited me, and b) there's nothing about insurance on my resume or job interests. I wonder what their search criteria are?
The job is actually an independent contractor/agent type thing, which I'm not really interested at this point in life, mostly because I'm not willing to pay to get licensed in an area I'm not really all that passionate about. Its not even totally about willingness- I don't have the money for that kind of investment. But I went to the interview anyways, to get experience, learn more about the field and the company. It was pretty interesting; I know a lot more about senior citizens and health insurance than I did 24 hours ago. Parts of the interview were as a group, and part were individual, and as I walked from one office to the other, I realized I had a huge run in my pantyhose...so I spent the next 40 minutes trying to not show the back of that leg, without looking like I was trying not to show the back of my right leg! Haha.
Actually, overall it was a weird day in general; my printer ran out of ink so I had to go to Fedex office to print the updated version of my resume...which they told us to bring and then didn't ask for. I also managed to make a wrong turn on my way there, even though the office is literally walking distance from my current part-time job. But, I made it, and it went ok; I got invited back for a second interview, but I got the feeling it was more a "whoever still thinks this might be interesting after today's ordeal can come back," and I'm not sure that's me. I will, however, do some research to see if there are actually positions within the company (versus independent contractor positions). As I was reading the company profile handbook they gave us, I found myself wanting to reword the manual; maybe they've got something along the lines of what my interests are.
Waste of time? No. I picked up some experience of what to say and not say in an interview, learned a lot about an industry I hadn't considered before, and I now know to bring a second pair of nylons with me, in case the first pair rips before I make it to the introduction.
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