On 26/09/2012 02:17 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> What /is/ surprising is that there
> seems to be a realistic possibility that they will hire me.

OK, so on Tuesday the guy emailed me to say that he doesn't think I'm a 
"good fit" for the role. But good luck in the future! You know, the 
usual standard message.

The next day, he emails me again and says "hey, actually, there is this 
*other* thing that you might be able to help us with... can I give you a 
call?" So he calls me, and now it seems he wants me to come in for most 
of today.

So right now, I'm just getting ready to leave the house. I'm not exactly 
sure what to expect when I get there. He's talking about me meeting the 
rest of the team, and perhaps the guy who pays the bills (i.e., the guy 
who has to sign off on stuff), and "doing some technical stuff in the 
afternoon".

There are multiple possibilities for why this is happening, most of them 
not mutually-exclusive.

- They thought I was SO AMAZING that they want me back! (Hey, stop 
laughing! :-P )

- They are really short of people, but the department head can't get 
approval to hire even more people, so he's trying to smuggle me in the 
back door.

- The department head thinks I have the right stuff, but didn't think he 
could sell it to the people up top. So I'm being smuggled in.

- The department head thought I was a nice guy, so now he's trying to 
create a temporary post for me to sit in.

- They have no idea whether I'd fit in or not, and they're trying to 
figure that out without actually promising to employ me.

- This is all an elaborate ploy to get me to do useful work for 
drastically less money.

- They just want to fuck with my head. ;-)

If anybody else has any wild conspiracy theories, you can post them here 
for the group's amusement.

As for me, I got almost no sleep last night, and I now look and feel 
like crap. This will surely help my efforts to impress people today. 
I'll let you know how it goes...

PS. On the list of "things to not say during a job interview", I think 
the phrase "one does not simply WALK into Mordor" should probably be 
near the top. Honestly, I have no idea WTF I was thinking... I guess I 
was just nervous. Fortunately, the interviewer thought it was fricking 
hilarious.

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