Got some interviewing Experience Yesterday

Yesterday, I was asked to come in early and help with interviewing potential candidates. After two of them I took over. The first one I did was a little rocky. The book they give you to guide you through the interview is a real piece... The questions were just terrible. I tried to use it and ended up feeling like a fool. Also, it didn't help that the girl I was interviewing wasn't very engaging and seemed pretentious. She clearly didn't want the job after being told the responsibilities and wage. I felt like I saw disgust on her face when we mentioned a few things. The second interview I did, the guy was great. He came in very prepared and began to tell me stories about customer service experience he has in his other job without me even asking. I didn't need the book for this guy. We meshed. The interview just flowed and I learned a lot about him and his work ethic. I threw everything on the table as far as duties, even the worst ones and what his starting wage would be-which is minimum wage. He had no problem with any of it and in fact let me know that he was in it for the long haul, because it was just extra money to him and he was perfectly fine with making min wage. The guy kind of looked like Ted Forrest, the poker player.

So, we'll be hiring this guy and the first girl that was interviewed on the day, whom I didn't actually get to meet. She has previous experience with Domino's and is actually going to be my replacement at the store. They are actually being smart in finding my replacement already. That bodes well for me. I think it'll help me get my store quicker. It's kind of weird how some things are working out. They had no one else to become an MIT (manager in Training) but this girl showed up this week wanting that exactly, and she was a good candidate for it. One of the things I'm worried most about is not having the money to move right away. The plan was always to move wherever my store is. But, obviously, our credit sucks and we'll need a down payment, maybe even a bigger down payment than most to move. Fortunately, with our bills I can drop a whole check onto doing it. But, a whole check might not be enough. If it's two months from now, we'll be okay, I think. But, if it's 2 weeks... I dont know. We'll have to do some digging for an apartment that will take us. We'll have to get kind of lucky and might have to settle for a not so desirable one. It would actually be better monetarily to take a store that is closer to my house. But, from a safety standpoint and from the standpoint of not being stuck with it longterm it would suck ass. Saving the money isn't worth it.

I still haven't heard back from Keith about my project I sent him. I have an MIT meeting tomorrow, so I'll check in with him there. I'll make sure I have his right email address too. There is absolutely no talk of me getting mehlville by any of my bosses right now, so I'm beginning to think it's not possible at all. Unless Keith is keeping it a secret, in which case he's keeping it from me as well.

I guess I gave a good impression to my boss yesterday with my interviewing. She asked me to make up a new interview book that they can use for the store. The other day I just took it upon myself to make a few pages of responsibilities for job titles and I guess she decided that it would suit me to do that. So, I began working on that last nite.

I gotta go, need to hit the gym. I haven't been able to since thursday.