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May 05, 2005
Post-Interview
As I sucked in my gut in order to close the pants on my suit, I knew that I might need to cut back on the beer, gravy, and ice cream sundaes. I'm not really sure why sucking in air helps close the pants, but I know it looks mighty silly. Once I was transformed into "Proper Business Glenn," I clicked my little business heeled shoes down the sidewalk. My dress shoes sound like a woman's heels, adding further to my feeling of silliness.
I was catching people looking at me on the subway and on the streets. They saw a businessman in a suit, rather than the moderately silly man I see in the mirror every day. With the traditional suit attached to the strange bald head and beard, I must have looked a bit juxtaposed. Add the backpack filled with resumes and portfolios, and who knows what they thought. I was thinking that my back hurt from the coat, my neck chafed at the tie, and my feet ached in the dress shoes. When I am Grand Poobah of the Universe, I will declare Casual Decade.
The interview itself, the first of six schools I applied to, was a non-event. I was grilled by a committee of ten people, but I do what I do best- talk and think on my feet. I was nervous leading up to the meeting, but I know that I did well. Now I just have to interview at five other places in the evening for the next week. Not good, not bad. Just a lot of commuting and saying the same positive things.
I'm really not sure if I want to wear this damned suit each time. I think I'll wear a pair of old boxers to the final school. At least it would be memorable and will be better than my school. I could write about some of the nightmare things that are happening at my school, but I'm just using them as motivation to find another place.
Posted by G at May 5, 2005 05:52 PM
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I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!
Posted by: Jess at May 5, 2005 08:06 PM
Good luck from me too! So was the portfolio important during these interviews? I had to do one to graduate from my masters program (any day now . . . ) and have wondered if it'd be of any use ever in a real job interview.
Posted by: Cohort 6 Fellow at May 5, 2005 10:42 PM
a pair of old boxers will do nicely.
as long as i get a picture of you wearing them...
woof!
Posted by: jiminy at May 6, 2005 01:03 AM
I always wear freaky underwear to interviews, just to keep myself grounded. Of course, I wear them UNDER the suit, not instead of...I think your approach may be more effective.
Posted by: Helen at May 6, 2005 10:24 AM
Re sucking air to make pants fit: I think it has something to do with the contraction of your diaphragm. [snicker]
Posted by: charles at May 6, 2005 03:45 PM
Oh, I SO want to see a pic of you in your pretty dress! Pretty please post a suit pic!
Posted by: mzouiser at May 6, 2005 04:03 PM