The Interview (cue dramatic music)
Mar. 24th, 2005 01:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreJust back from my interview at Intex Auto Parts.
I think it went well.
After getting called back, I was handed a quiz. Ten situational math questions. Since I had no scratch paper I did the problems in my head. And finished in five minutes. That seemed to impress the person I was speaking with. Then it was onto an online personality test. Typical true/false thing.. "I feel tired upon waking", "I enjoy going to bars" and the like.
After that, I was interviewed. Interestingly, they seemed to be excited by my dispatching experience. We spent a lot of time discussing CAD systems, radios, and the stressful situations I encountered while at SuperShuttle. There were other questions about the 18-month gap on my resume (I explained about the health thing) and my limited experience in warehousing (dates back to the Army, when I worked in my company supply room.)
The job, if I get it, is 40 hours a week, 0830-1730 (so I imagine there's an hour unpaid lunch in there). Pay was quoted as $8.50 - $9.50/hour based on experience. With my skills, I imagine I'd come down in the middle somewhere. After the usual tax bite, I'd be making around $1,100 a month. Kaiser after 90 days, one week paid vacation up to five years, then three weeks.
I'll be able to get there on the bus, but it will be ugly. So a first priority will be buying a used motorcycle (once the bills are all paid off.)
I'll hear in a week or so, keep various things crossed! But don't cross the beams, Egon.
I think it went well.
After getting called back, I was handed a quiz. Ten situational math questions. Since I had no scratch paper I did the problems in my head. And finished in five minutes. That seemed to impress the person I was speaking with. Then it was onto an online personality test. Typical true/false thing.. "I feel tired upon waking", "I enjoy going to bars" and the like.
After that, I was interviewed. Interestingly, they seemed to be excited by my dispatching experience. We spent a lot of time discussing CAD systems, radios, and the stressful situations I encountered while at SuperShuttle. There were other questions about the 18-month gap on my resume (I explained about the health thing) and my limited experience in warehousing (dates back to the Army, when I worked in my company supply room.)
The job, if I get it, is 40 hours a week, 0830-1730 (so I imagine there's an hour unpaid lunch in there). Pay was quoted as $8.50 - $9.50/hour based on experience. With my skills, I imagine I'd come down in the middle somewhere. After the usual tax bite, I'd be making around $1,100 a month. Kaiser after 90 days, one week paid vacation up to five years, then three weeks.
I'll be able to get there on the bus, but it will be ugly. So a first priority will be buying a used motorcycle (once the bills are all paid off.)
I'll hear in a week or so, keep various things crossed! But don't cross the beams, Egon.
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Date: 24 Mar 2005 22:11 (UTC)"Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light."
"That's bad. Okay. All right, important safety tip, thanks Egon."
:)
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Date: 24 Mar 2005 23:42 (UTC)Fixed.
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Date: 26 Mar 2005 09:32 (UTC)Gessi