{"id":20802,"date":"2013-04-30T10:45:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T14:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=20802"},"modified":"2013-05-27T13:07:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T17:07:05","slug":"my-on-campus-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=20802","title":{"rendered":"My On-campus Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

by R.C. Miessler, Head Editor, INALJ Indiana<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

My On-campus Interview<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"rcmprofile\"<\/a>Various things running through my head on the week of an all-day, on-campus librarian interview:<\/p>\n

Is this real?<\/strong> While I have experience being interviewed (as well as interviewing), this will be my first full-blown on-campus interview for a job. It\u2019s kind of nerve-wracking. I kind of want to puke. It\u2019s exciting that you think I\u2019m good enough to potentially do the job. It\u2019s terrifying to realize that a lot of things will change if I get this job. And it\u2019s crushing to realize that if I don\u2019t get it it\u2019s going to depress me a lot more than I probably think it will. It\u2019s real, man. Deal with it.<\/p>\n

Why didn\u2019t I get my suit altered?<\/strong> I bought this suit probably 10 years ago. It certainly doesn\u2019t fit anymore, and I doubt it\u2019s at the high point of fashion right now anyway … and yet, would I be wearing it even if it did? It\u2019s not who I am. I barely remember to know how to tie a Windsor knot. I just want to be comfortable and professional. Me in a suit isn\u2019t going to give me confidence. If you turn me down because I didn\u2019t wear the crappiest suit JCPenney had to offer, I guess I didn\u2019t want to work there either. Am I trying to justify my choice? Absolutely. Am I making a mistake? I\u2019m sure some people will say I am. But in the end, I\u2019ll pick wearing something that I feel comfortable and honest in. My sports coat looks a lot cooler than my suit anyway, more academic-like, although I need some patches for the elbows.<\/p>\n

What happens if I get there and I hate it?<\/strong> How do I sit through a day\u2019s worth of interviews and presentations if I know right away it isn\u2019t a good fit? This is one of those times where the experience is as good as anything, and hopefully make a few good professional contacts, so I need to put my best foot forward regardless. I\u2019ve done my best to read up on the institution, gone through your catalog, read everything on your website, and scoured the Web for any other pieces of information I could pick up that reinforces my desire to move forward with the school. Everything seems to point to a good fit, and that\u2019s probably why you invited me anyway, but there\u2019s still that nagging feeling that this is the wrong choice. I want this to work, so of course I do my best to sabotage it internally. Hooray for anxiety issues!<\/p>\n

What happens if I get there and they hate me?<\/strong> I\u2019m fresh out of library school. I have some volunteer experience in a library but in some ways I feel like a fraud, that I should be shelving books for a few years before I have any right to be called a librarian. I feel like I\u2019m light years behind those kids who shot through their BA and MLS in 5 years and got a job right away. \u00a0I have years of customer service, technical support and management experience, as well as two master\u2019s degrees. I should be able to do this. I can do this. I will do this. Hopefully. Maybe. PLEASE LIKE ME. I\u2019ll make you cookies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, by the time this is posted, the interview will have been done, it will have gone great (hopefully)<\/strong>, and I\u2019ll be waiting for a response. And if my potential employer is reading this, thank you for not holding it against me. You guys are awesome. Even more so if \u00a0you give me a job. <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by R.C. Miessler, Head Editor, INALJ Indiana My On-campus Interview Various things running through my head on the week of an all-day, on-campus librarian interview: Is this real? While I have experience being interviewed (as well as interviewing), this will be my first full-blown on-campus interview for a job. It\u2019s kind of nerve-wracking. I kind…<\/p>\n

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