Waiting

Having to wait without being able to influence anything makes me stressed out. I know it shouldn’t, because there is nothing I can do, but that’s just my personality. I’ve been tense for about two weeks now because I’m waiting to hear back from a potential employer.

For those who haven’t heard the full story, I applied to one position at this company and went for an interview (which went very well), but didn’t get that position. The person who interviewed me passed my materials to her two colleagues in the same department, however. Next, I went in for what I thought was a single interview for one of the other two open positions in the same department and they had me interview for both. For an hour and a half, I was interviewed by three people, then another person, then another two people. (Each position served a group of editors.) Considering the fact that it was a marathon interview session, I think I did decently well.

That was two weeks ago and I got more and more stressed because I just wanted to know either way. Yesterday afternoon, a different editor called me last minute to ask if I could come in again this afternoon for yet another interview and a proofreading test. She also wanted my references. This was the one editor who was not around the day of the marathon interviewing. Obviously, I said yes, but I really just need this whole thing to be over so I can relax. It’s going to suck at this point if they don’t pick me for one of the positions. I’ve met with 8 people in this department! I guess that’s life though.

Think happy thoughts for me at 1:00. I’m nervous about the proofreading test because I don’t have a lot of experience proofreading.