It's that time of year again! Interview time! With Gabi leaving to med school, it was today that I interviewed for the coveted 6am shift...and if you think that by coveted I meant crappy...then yes, you are correct. Not surprisingly, I have done interviews for this same shift 3 times already...it must be cursed...or really exhausting. And interviews did we have! I sifted through 50 resumes and called 15 people and did 13 interviews...quite the feat...but as the director of human resources for the past 6 months, you gotta do what you gotta do...Anyways! A list for you...a list for ALL of you! of all the crazy crap that happens on interview days...
1. The Neways building is the big building that is just down the road from us...TWO people went in there thinking that's where our office was...ummm, it says Five Star Painting on a big sign just down the road. The poor people at Neways must think I am a crazy person who can't give good directions...wait, that's true, scratch that....Strike One: for not following directions.
2.One lady came in who spoke minimal english and optimal spanish. I had to have Eunice come in for the interview and do her spanish speakin' thing.
3. Cutest interviewee award goes to! Terry. He was this really old guy who has worked in some sort of call center his whole life. If Megan Winegar sees this...he looked exactly like Larry Harkelroad...and acted like him too...it was awesome...But kind of sad because he's older than everyone in this office and I don't want to hire someone who won't fit in :(
4. After doing this for a while, I now know that interviewees come in all shapes and sizes....BIG shapes and sizes, too.
5.One lady wants to commute from Heber City every day for a 6am shift...over an hour away. I wanted to ask if she was crazy-go-nuts but I decided against it...I mean $8 hr might pay for all that gas, right? No? Yeah, I didn't think so either.
6. One lady that I really, really liked came in and when I told her that the starting wage was $8 hr with a raise after 3months, she told me that she doesn't start under $10...which made me wonder how she got high paying jobs when she can't read. Because I put the wage at $8 on the ad. Hmmm...one of life's mysteries I guess.
7. I kept on having to apologize that our office smelled like popcorn. Note to self: Don't buy popcorn as an office snack...especially if everyone makes like 3 bags a day. Ew.
7.5 I'm eating popcorn right now :)
8. I called one girl to schedule an interview and I accidentally asked if I could schedule an estimate. lol whoops.
9. By the end of 3 hours of interviews I get a little bored....I told Conrad this and he told me I should ask them in all seriousness what kind of butterfly they would be if they had the chance. It made me laugh.
10. All in all, I just hired a cute, bubbly girl called Mikelle. She's super nice and hopefully not a drug addict. My fingers are crossed on this one.
Now, I don't ever want to see another resume, ever again in my life...ever.
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