The Plot Thickens

I'm still not sure about the prospect of this job that I interviewed for today. It was pretty much a blind interview but it is at a pharmaceutical research company so I'm hoping that it will work out.

The interview itself was...interesting. The woman who interviewed me asked me a few questions that I havent been asked in a while during an interview. Honestly.

1) Tell me one thing about yourself that isnt on your resume
2) Where do you see yourself in five years (I hate that one...)
3) What do you think you can bring to this company
4) Give me an example of a big challenge you've faced and how you overcame it

Except for the first one, I think they all threw me off. No fair! I'm just keeping my fingers crossed... She said that she needs to fill ALL the positions by this friday so I hope that I'll hear from her.
I have a few other things on my mind in regard to this that I wanted to express but in the interest of not jinxing myself, I'll hold off.

Anyways, I printed out information regarding volunteering at the Red Cross. I'm thinking that this might be the most flexible option as opposed to hospital volunteering. Most of the hospital volunteering requires more hours than I can spare at the moment.

I also emailed Mr. Bascom Palmer and told him that I would get back to him once I knew what the situation is with "job." The good thing about the position - oh , I didnt explain which position I had expressed interest in. The position title is "recruiter." Basically what the recruiter is supposed to do is find and interview potential subjects for the clinical trials. As I was saying, the good thing about the position is that it requires alternating weekends, which means that two weekdays will be my off days, which means that I can use those two days to shadow!!

This, of course, would be THE ideal situation...


Still, I havent mentioned to anyone my plan for med school - I dont plan on doing so. And, I dont feel badly about it. This is my baby, my secret, my scheme. I'm literally plotting and planning, thats exactly what I'm doing. I'll get the help I need from the right people but I dont want to divulge my plans and risk the possibility of not being able to follow through with it. Public humility. Of course, it runs deeper than that but this blog isnt therapy, so I'll leave it at that. Sometimes I daydream about surprising my parents at dinner with my framed acceptance letter. (I wonder what accepted students do with their letters. I'd certain frame mine...) If my kid surprised me with a med school acceptance letter, I would go through the roof with excitement.


Next up: Knowing more about my job situation will yield a better idea of how I can organize my shadowing, volunteering, or both. Also, on the 13th, my schools course database opens up so Ill be able to come up with a mock schedule for this fall.