Interviewing Update

OK, everyone, time to call all the prayer warriors. :) I had a third phone interview this afternoon with Ticketmaster's VP for domestic call centers. I'm not happy with the way I interviewed in the beginning, and thanks to this gentleman's comments part of the way through, I now understand why I've felt fairly blah about every interview I've done in the past 4 or 5 months.

When I began this job search process back in August last year, I was passionate. I was fired up, ready to move on to a new challenge and extremely excited about the opportunities presented before me. My passion came through in my interviews. I sold myself and my ideas and drove home my experience and how it would benefit me in the position they were interviewing me for.

Then, sometime in December or January, I began to feel I was losing that passion, that focus, due to some unforeseen failures in landing jobs I knew were mine. It's difficult when you come in second on multiple jobs, to watch job after job go to someone else when you were one of the finalists. Part of the trouble with being out of work so long is you begin to lose that passion and it's harder to call upon it.

Today, I found it again. We were through the primary part of the interview when the VP mentioned to me he wasn't sure if I was ready for this job, that it was a step up in responsibility and he wanted to be assured he brought in the right person who was ready for the commitment. He said I was a very nice person, and that was the reason he'd continued pushing through the interview, plus the previous two people I'd spoken with had said very good things about me. That's when I jumped. I dove into the conversation with that passion that's so much a part of me, especially in my work life. I ran off a list of things I was ready for, the details I'd had to go into over the past 3 years at Intuit, how I'd been preparing myself for this type of step up for all that time and how the people I'd worked with felt I deserved to hold that type of role. Basically, I stopped selling myself short and decided to stop worrying about being the nice guy so many interviewers seem to want.

Well, he liked it. He said in the 5 minutes I spent extolling my abilities and explaining why I deserved this job, he'd seen the passion that had been missing earlier. That's when he shared with me that the previous two interviewers had been impressed with me.

So you know what? I've been sitting on the sidelines for too long, letting others decide my fate. Katy and I have been praying in our devotions that God will influence the decision-makers who will determine my next job. I think it's time to ask everyone else out there to pray with us on this as well. I believe Ticketmaster is the right type of company for me. From everything the other employees have told me, it's the right company, in the right place, with the right family atmosphere, with the right desire to be the best. I truly hope this is God's will, for me to have this position, but if it's not, I know He's got something even better in mind. Thing is, why not pray NOW that THIS is it? God, You alone are worthy of our praise and worthy of our prayers. Only You can make something where we previously saw nothing there. I know You are orchestrating my life to where I can be of the best service to You. I'm ready, so let's do it now. :)