East Coast Transplant in the Midwest Seeks Repatriation to the Homeland; or, Please Hire Me!
This has been an INCREDIBLY exhausting week (will I get my work done in time?!??! Will I have enough time for upcoming interviews???), there’s also been a lot of good.
I had my first phone interview this weekend. I could barely sleep the night before, and essentially made myself sick through worrying the morning of. I took some tummy medicine, thinking “oh no, this will knock me out…I won’t make a good impression…my life is over.”
I’m pretty positive, dont’cha think?
Anyway, I think it went well. More than well…really REALLY good. So good in fact that I got a second interview at ACPA.
This school is very VERY high up on my list…intro res-life, as are the rest of my job prospects, but a school that I KNOW I could be happy at. Great students, great departmental support, great location…*sigh* I’m hoping for the best.
And to top it all off, I have 6 total (including the aforementioned spot) interviews ALREADY scheduled at ACPA. I know I’ll get more!
I’m just…regularly astounded that I’ve been able to get all this squared away. I had help from friends (namely the boyfriend) in fine-tuning my cover letters, as verbal interviews are more my thing, I’ve spent late nights researching the schools that I will interview with, and even later nights losing sleep.
I’m as prepped as can be… And, now what? A week to go before I go through the most challenging interviews of my life…? A week to go before I get a better idea of where I’ll be in 3 months (or, perhaps I’ll be even more nervous…?)…
In short, I’m nervous as hell, and there’s not much I can do about it, save staying confident that I’ve got some great schools wanting to interview me…
In short, a week of worrying and cramming copious amounts of school work before the interviews start is what’s in store for me. AHHH FUN! Erm…not really. *Nervous*
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