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...or better yet, like trying to find a car during COVID???

I got told by five people last week that they had sold their machines to other people and that they had been swamped with DMs. one of those people was someone who hasn't even posted publicly, it was just me being referred by someone who had sold their machine and had a coworker looking to sell! @_@

It's been an actual nightmare trying to find something. I managed to find one, but jeez...

I also had a really good interview. we will see how that goes. I haven't been having any trouble getting interviews, but I've been picky about where I'm applying so I'm getting less and less. which actually is a good thing because it's been crazy overloading.

I'll just paste what I wrote to E about the interview:

interview went really well. we ran out of time because both of us were talking a lot, that kind of how it ends up when you build rapport haha. the person i interviewed with is from a small town in western michigan, about 30 minutes north of where we were born and raised so we had that in common.

they actually are open to me being in either position (the customer service or the back office position), but they wanted to meet with me and talk to me about the realities of both positions.

they seem really nice and the work seems easy. they said they might need to schedule more time with me because there was supposed to be a mock call, but we didn't get to it because we both were asking each other a lot of questions and speaking with each other a lot/connecting.

i think if they don't give me an offer, it's because they genuinely feel that my personality wouldn't be a fit. I was very, very honest about our personality, in that I am the first ones to talk when there's an awkward pause during meetings of 20 people and the facilitator says "any questions?" and I am the type that gives a lot of feedback when I am fully trained and have mastered everything.

The interviewer also was like "we don't mind occasional attendance issues as long as you're really honest, I can help you out more, I really appreciate honesty" so i put that in the back of my mind and when she asked how I stayed on task, I was like, "well, this might be too much information, but I used to be really bad with this because I had unmedicated ADHD. I'm medicated now, so it's a lot easier, but I still have XYZ process to help me stay on task." just showing her that I am very honest in general. I was like, for better or worse, I am honest.

she asked "what are some times that you being late has affected your job performance?" and I was like, I wish I could tell you, but this has genuinely never been an issue with me, aha.

it was a huge green flag that they seemed open about accepting feedback though, as I honestly told them that that was something that we struggled with at my last position, where i felt like my feedback was hitting a brick wall a lot of times. I also told them that I struggled with a position where I am alone a lot, so in all truth, the customer service oriented position might be better for me. it seems like their other team, the back office one, has a lot of people like at merit... super introverted people who don't really want to interact, they just clock in, do their work, and clock out. whereas the customer service position has a lot more team camaraderie, people talk a lot more. the customer service position seems to have a bit more oversight, but that's just because the manager is more extroverted so reaches out more.

the back office position seems also a lot more like merit because they have flexible hours, whereas the customer service one, you're pretty much clocked in and then clocked out at the same time every day. I told them that I always clock in and clock out at the same time, I wasn't really the type that utilized the flexibility of the position unless there was some sort of medical issue happening, and then I let my manager know. whereas I know some people will clock in and clock out at very different times at merit as long as they're still within the window. we pretty much always have worked 10-6 without any variation.

also I tried to dictate this entry and talk about actual nightmare. Google's Android keyboard is literally broken for voice dictation lol.