I hesitate to say anything about yesterday, for fear of jinxing myself -- carrying along that hoodoo voodoo superstition theme.
I will mention that my interview was held during a TORNADO WARNING. Bad omen or good? I cannot say. The department's leader and search committee member noted, "When we see a funnel cloud, that's when we'll seek some shelter." He was only half joking. (He had checked to make sure the actual path of the tornado in question was far south and east of us. So I appreciated his casual manner...as well as his general irritation at the institution's rather shoddy weather warning system. Plus, I didn't want to postpone the interview and have to get all geared up and freaked out all over again at a later date.)
They have two more interviews on Monday, then they will regroup and review, and call back people for second interviews...if they feel it is necessary. I hope it is not. The reaction of the committee members seemed warm, pleased and genuine. If I had to give my honest opinion as to my chances, not knowing any of the other candidates, I'd say I knocked their cotton-poly blend trouser socks off. I also know how those situations go, and how my impression can be dead wrong.
The last time I interviewed for a full-time editorial job, I had myself convinced I had the job locked up. I wasn't even in the top two when the dust settled. And the loss crushed my self-confidence like a Junebug under a baseball cleat.
If I get it, I deserved it. If I didn't, it wasn't meant to be at this time.
I'll be sad. But I'll keep applying for the positions that sound like a good fit. And I'll be counting down the days to the end of my current customer service Temp duties. Hopefully they'll end before I really grow to hate people.
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