I had my job interview this morning at MGH. If my not showing up at 6:55am bright-eyed and looking nice doesn't count in my benefit, then they are a cruel cruel people.

My interview was at 7:00am. I set my alarm for 5:45am, but I woke up when Kent got up to sleep on the sofa at 4:30am (my snoring...oops...gotta look into doing something about that), and I couldn't get back to sleep. Ugh. I felt like something horrid warmed over this morning and I am positive I looked about as good. But I chinned up and, "forward ho!", went to my interview.

I first had to take this ridiculous 100 question survey which provided vague multiple choice responses like: Definitely Not, Probably Not, Probably Yes, Definitely Yes, to questions like: "Sally was approached by a patient family member for some help. Sally told them she couldn't help them because she was on her way to lunch. Sally's supervisor overheard her exchange with the patient family member. Should Sally be fired for not helping the family member?"

Really???

Or the one that I get questioned on in the second portion of my interview: "Are you ever late for work."

I put "probably yes" since I want to be honest...stuff happens and sometimes you are going to be late. But it's not like I have a bad work ethic. Like I said, though, I got questioned on that response, so I was honest and told the nurse interviewing me that the survey basically sucked because the answer options were so ridiculous and vague. He laughed and agreed. *whew*

The first portion of my interview was with Eric in HR. He was friendly and I felt comfortable talking with him. His portion of the interview was basically to go through allllllll the paperwork and policies the hospital requires/needs you to know at the time a job through them is offered. It's pretty extensive. But I found out that the job is only part time (a 0.7 which means you work 7 days out of a 14 day pay period), but it pays $10.05 to start, and there is a shift differential. It's Variable Days, which only means that it's a day shift, but I may need to come in at 6:00am or 6:30am instead of 7:00am. After working those early hours with Rena I really came to enjoy getting up so early and having such a large portion of my day left when I got off work. I think I'd enjoy getting back in to a shift like that.

After singing my name to 3923509234345 documents, Eric to me to the Ortho/Neuro Floor to meet Mike, who is the Head Nurse on that floor. Mike was nice enough, though he put off a very serious front at first. It was a little intimidating to deal with at 8:30am, but during the course of the interview he showed more of his humorous side.

I hesitate to say I feel comfortable about the interview because I really want this job. I know it's only part time, but really...if you can get a job at the hospital, you're good to go. The benefits are great and there is 401k. It just be a good move for me. I did some number crunching, and working only part-time at MGH is not much less than what I make working full-time here. I just want my foot in the damn door.

I tried something different in this interview. It just recently dawned on me that when a person pays you a sincere compliment, they are giving you a gift. They are giving you the gift to share that sentiment about yourself to others, not in a prideful way, but as a matter of fact. In my interview today I used some of those gifts I have been given to sell myself. I have been told I have excellent customer service skills. I have been commended for my strong work ethic. I have been complimented on my positive influence on the work environment. Amongst many other things. So I decided to pick out the ones that would best state my case and threw them out there. I hope they worked.

I don't know though. I never had a cup of coffee before the interview began so everything from the time I woke up this morning until I got half a cup of coffee in me is still kind of a blur. I hope I didn't mess anything up. *sigh*