I
interviewed for a very grown up company this morning. It was on floor 27 of a
building a few blocks down the road from my apartment. It would be
the shortest commute if I were offered the role, on average three and
a half minutes. The role was for a conference producer. Something I have never
done before, well in that scale. I was nervous about this one. I usually don't
find interviews too daunting, but this one was different. I had heard that the
interview was quite intense and I know someone who used to work for them.
The
interview was a standard good cop, bad cop situation. Both of them friendly
enough by the end asking questions about my experience with coordinating
events. It's funny talking about your last role in order to secure a new role.
It seems like a distant memory working at Nutri Vital Health, but it forms
almost all of the material and structure for every interview I go too.
I left
after 45 minutes. It was completely different to what I had expected. Another
reason to not over think interviews, you can never predict what they will ask
and what they are truly looking for. I went straight back to my apartment to
begin working through the back log of emails, prioritising Feeing Hong Kong and then working my way down the list.
I
popped to the supermarket. I really want to stop going to the supermarket and
use the local market stalls instead. I am being lazy heading to
the supermarket. Choosing convenience over everything. I will work on
changing this; I don't like to think I have become lazy. As soon as I
have a paying job, I will start to embrace the culture around me. Shopping in
the street markets, buying and cooking local produce etc etc.
I made
a salad for lunch. Who'd have thought you could make a salad dressing out of
pretty much anything. I added black current jam to my pumpkin and spinach! It
gave my salad a nice sweet kick and tasted rather yummy. I continue to battle
on with the induction cooker. The one plate induction cooker.
I
continued with my emails for Feeding Hong
Kong. There is so much going on right now I am finding it increasingly hard
to focus.
As I
began to send emails, I received an email from my interviewer, offering me a
second interview. He sent a test/research project for me to complete over the
next few days and I will have a conference call with the head of global events
on Friday. My rather empty week just filled up. Time to learn to priorities,
and fast. The job has got to be my main priority. I must admit, the preparation
and test/research project for this current role is not coming easily to me. The
company is working with the law industry, something I know nothing about. I
have to read the magazine they produce and put together a set of interview
questions that I would ask for market research and complete a question about
what steps I would take to decide on events viability. Not the easiest of
tasks. This company has over 5000 employees around the world. I find some
comfort in this. I'm not the first person to apply for a role there who has
never done it before. I guess, well I'm hoping they are looking for potential
and creativity.
It is
a good test either way. To learn to focus on the task in hand when I feel like
running away from it. Cue the procrastination queen in me. I will
write my week plan on my wall. I have 3 days to complete this. Plus drinks
tomorrow night, plus a meeting on Thursday at 2pm and then continuing the Feeding Hong Kong push for the September
event.
My
my......I wasn't far off in my prediction that Hong Kong was to be my version
of university. I have sat for the past six hours in my single bedroom, similar
to that of halls of residence, papers all around me, researching and reading,
eating noodles and living on a tight budget, meeting new people and figuring
out the world day by day. I didn't think that I would be spending days on end
researching merger and acquisition in international law, but hey, I like
reading and I like a good intellectual challenge. The tea is flowing as
I bury my head deeper into preparation for the second interview. I have
confirmation of an hour and a half conference call with the global
events manager on Friday. I can't possible think how to prepare for an
hour and a half long interview. I would imagine after doing three days of reading
and researching I will be quite up to speed on all the company does, so it
should be a breeze.
Just
think, this time next week I could have been offered a job, with a salary and a
visa. One step closer to my Hong Kong dream.
Oh,
and the new position has opportunity to travel.....imagine that, living in Hong
Kong and being paid to travel around Asia and Australia. My dreams are getting
bigger by the day.
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