The feeling is mutual

I’ve been interviewed for a potential part time job lately. It was a mock interview- thought it was part of the course. Once the interviewer started, he told me right away, I really don’t understand people from the government. I think that you have a stable job and pretty good experience, why are you still applying for us? I never thought he didn’t see my objective was to secure a part-time career in a customer-driven environment. It’s never my intention to resign from my current job because I still love the leniency, in fact, I’m not feeling guilty if for a time now, work didn’t get 100% of my time. He proceeded to ask me about pressure. How would I handle pressure? I told him that, for many years, I’ve been doing work alone, without a team. I do multi-tasking and it’s really not difficult as long as I have a system or time management. I thought I gave a good answer. I was doing well because I prepared for it – although it was just a mock interview but I learned that was already for employment. I already figured out that they’re not enthusiastic about hiring an 8-5 employee. I asked questions about technical support and he told me about it. I told him that I might be interested in that account since most of my experience was to provide information to clients or troubleshooting in the computer. I got recommended then for technical support but I didn’t apply for it. They have a flexible schedule but it didn’t suit me. Out of the question (at the moment)

Before this interview, our young instructor asked me if I’d be willing to resign from my job, heck, I told him no! I figured out from him that they usually didn’t hire full time employees for the reason that the job I’m applying had to use a lot of energy. And if you have an 8-5 job, the energy level for your part time job might be affected. Well, that’s somewhat true for part-time jobs that have employers but I enjoy doing part time jobs online where I do transcription at Amazon Mturk.

Anyway, since they’re not hiring a full-time employee for a part-time job and I’m not gonna resign from my current job--- the feeling is mutual! But I have to thank them because I enjoyed the course and I learned so many things. The tips are practical and they’re very effective.