The Interview

Well, as far as I can tell, the interview went brilliantly. Phil, the managing director who did the interview seemed really impressed with me, but then, when I went in he immediately put me at ease and made me feel welcome which was half the battle won as far as I am concerned, that laid my nerves to rest and I was able to relax and answer his questions in a sensible and coherent manner, which is always a bonus. After the initial interview, there was a practical bit, which I didn't know anything about until he sprang it on me, but I think I did well on that, he Kept saying that I had done well anyway which is always a good sign (unless he was a seriously good actor, I am sure he was genuinely impressed.) The practical bit was like a GCSE chemistry practical where you get a sheet with the instructions on and you have to measure out the right amounts of stuff and add them to solutions and stuff. The hardest part for me was getting 21litres of water mixed to 40 degrees. if I'd had to heat the water to 40 degrees that would have been easy, but I had a hot tap and a cold tap and had to mix it...when your nervous, the simplest task becomes a night mare of a problem...in hindsight I would have put 21 litres of hot water in the bucket and let it cool down to the 40 degrees, but then I was so busy trying to get exactly 21 litres of 40 degree water in the bucket, I did realise my mistake tho, and when he asked if I would do anything different if I had to do it again I told him that. The rest was measuring out tiny amounts of different white powders and making solutions adding large amounts of sugar to the water, along with the white powder and carefully measured amounts of yeast to make a sweet sticky yeasty mess in a bucket. He asked me some sciency questions about why yeast produces alcohol etc, and that was it. It was certainly different, it was quite a lot of fun and well, even if I don't get the job it is interview experience. I have to say that if I don't get it I will be really disappointed, not that I've been to the inteview and found out more about the company and everything, I really want that job. But I am not going to get my hopes up too much, he has several other people to interview yet (of 90 applicants there were only 8 that got through to interview stage) and there is a good chance that they could be people like me, university graduates that maybe have a more relevant degree, or are better at mixing water in a bucket than I am (although I was spot on with most of my measurements only maybe at most .05 of a gram out on the others). He said that he would let me know by the end of next week, so fingers crossed, jut got to wait and see and hope now. I have got other stuff in the pipeline tho, I am not basing my entire future on this one job, and although I will be disappointed if I don't get it, there's other options....