Interview

So I think the interview that I had yesterday went pretty well. I mean, she kept me there for an hour and a half, and if you're talking to someone who isn't a good candidate for the position, you're likely not going to keep them there for an hour and a half. But she's going to be getting back to me at the beginning of next week, so it seems likely that there is at least one other person that she will be interviewing between now and then. Possibly she was just testing out her feet at interviewing. It was what is called a "soft" interview in job search literature: meandering, a few friendly questions, no "hard-hitting" ones, or even "What are your strengths/what are your weaknesses" questions. There wasn't much of an opportunitiy to give her a hard sell, so I'm going to have to figure out a way to do that nicely in my thank you note.

She did a lot of explanation of what the program does and where the organization is now, and I was able to jump in with information that I had geaned of the internet, questions I already had, and ideas for solving some of the problems she mentioned. She responded to my ideas by either saying that that was something she was already thinking of or else by saying that they were great ideas and joting them down, so that was good.

I'd be excited to work for her. I'm excited about the mission and the work and I think that Active Minds has avoided a lot of the pitfalls that many non-profits run into.