Interview & THANK YOU
Thanks so much for your comments, non-gender specific fellas. It was great to come home to the good wishin’. The interview went well, I think. I got along with the ladies, made them laugh, laughed with them, came off as not 100% ridiculous, etc.
They’re going to see some more people this week and next (I was first, which can be both good and bad) and make a decision at the end of next week. Pins and needles, people!
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strangevictory
April 5, 2006*Crosses all digits* I really hope this works out for you. It would seem like a dream come true! And of course that means that there is hope for the rest of us.
I am sending happy thoughts your way for the next week. Well, all of the rest of the time too, but you know what I mean.
strangevictory
April 8, 2006Jen, SOS! I have a couple of interviews coming up, both for public libraries. Can you tell me about the questions you got during your interview?
Jen
April 8, 2006I got a lot of standards such as:
1) tell us about a difficult experience with a patron/an angry patron and how you fixed it
2) various “what if” scenarios:
- rowdy teenagers
- another angry patron one
- someone wanting to check out some scandalous (that was a big “duh” one)
3) garden variety RA questions, i.e. “I like Tom Clancy, what else should I read?”
4) 2 or 3 reference query role playing scenes
5) what about your experience and education have prepared you for this job?
6) what do you look for in a manager (this was an unexpected one)
7) why do you want to work at this particular library?
and a lot more I can’t seem to remember because I know there were 21 questions in total…
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Here are some sites I visited that helped me prepare…
LISJobs Interview Prep URLs (lots of good stuff here):
http://www.lisjobs.com/advice.htm#interview
14 Interview tips:
http://www.geocities.com/aer_mcr/libjob/interview2.html
101+ Commonly Asked Questions:
http://www.geocities.com/aer_mcr/libjob/interview.html
USC Frequently Asked Interview Questions:
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/career/invufaqs.htm
Questions for YOU to ask of your interviewers:
http://listserv.kent.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0209A&L=libref-l&P=R180&m=17784
In regards to the last topic, I asked quite a few questions, some of which were:
1. What would my typical day be like? How many hours at the desk, what would be my projects/responsibilities off desk, etc.
2. How do you feel about the internet use policy at this library? Do you have any ethical problems with it? (they had filters) – this was fair game since they had asked me how I felt about them earlier in the interview and I wanted to know how/why the filtering came about since it was very recently implimented
3. What is the reference philosophy at this library?
4. What is the process for reference queries – are there guidelines for how long an interview should last or how long the desk should/can work on something?
I think that’s mostly it – just make sure you practice your answers to the most common questions and that you include all you mean to say every time you practice – it’s very easy to leave out something important when you’re nervous!
Anonymous
April 9, 2006seen this?
http://www.jessicaborutski.com/
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Jen
April 9, 2006Re: seen this?
NO I HAVE NOT. Awesome.
luzclarita
April 10, 2006That sounds promising. I’ll cross my fingers for you.
Jen
April 10, 2006Thank you, new nifty friend.
luzclarita
April 10, 2006You’re welcome.