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.
