Got the job!!!

I finally got an interview and got the job!! :D It was on Halloween of all days! It was tough getting to this stage! I had to do some online assessments which were not easy!! I had to do a Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Reasoning & Personality assessment, i thought they were so hard! I didn't even finish the maths one, although everyone said you are not scored by how much you do, its based on how accurate your answer are. The website the assessments are from are http://www.shl.com/uk i was able to go on the website before hand and look at some of the practice questions which was quite useful so i was sort of prepared for what was coming.I can see the positives and negatives of these assessments because yes they can help filter the applicants, but then again some people may do rubbish in the assessments but might actually be a perfect candidate for the job but don't get a chance to shine in an interview! Its a little unfair, you have to think do recruiters actually think of a person as a person or are they just a number??

I got myself all worked up for the assessments i found the Verbal Reasoning quite hard, whereas the maths was actually ok. I think the worst part is having the timer in the corner of your screen, so you are constantly looking at it and panicking! But it turns out i did excellent (much to the surprise of me) so that was quite a boost to know before i went into my actual interview.

So the actual interview was not too bad, i was given advice before hand from everyone i work with, the best thing i think is to think of situations you have been in whilst in the workplace such as when you have had to deal with an unhappy customer, disagreements in the workplace etc. The interviewee i find prefers to have actual examples and not just generalised answers, I'm guessing that's because it proves that you have been in a certain situation??  I think it is also quite good to put positive spins on situations too, so always explain how you tried to improve something or change something to help prevent the situation from happening again.

Anyway i had the interview today and was told within about an hour that i had been successful so i have been able to relax and might be able to sleep better now (i hope) but now i have other worries on my mind, such as money, as the job i have been given is only part time which means I'm taking a drop in pay which will have a significant impact on mine and my boyfriends life, we are going to have to make some cut backs for now. I'm hoping to find some sort of part time job in a morning just to try and boost my income slightly. We can probably survive on the lower wage for a time but not for long term, so i better get my thinking cap on!

Vampires Rock

On a different note i went to Vampires Rock last night with the girls which was fun, something different to do, great music (and a fit guitarist)! They do a few shows over the UK and i would definately recommend it. It has a storyline to it but it was mainly the music i went for, you cant beat the rock classics! I would definately visit their website to find out more if its your kind of thing.