oh happy day!

for i have a job!!
i can't quite believe it, but i'm so pleased! so here's what happened:

the application...

• i applied for 5 jobs, 2 of which i really wanted, on the friday
• i receive a letter on the tuesday inviting me for an interview (to the job i wanted!)
• the next day another letter arrives, for another interview (for the other job i wanted!)
• here's the catch... both interviews are at exactly the same time!
• after a small panic, i rationalise, pray and read over both job descriptions and person spec's, and realise the 1st one is definitely for me!

the interview:

• i arrive and there are 21 of us in total, all looking very smart and professional!
• we're split into 4 groups, and for the next 2 hours have team working, problem solving and individual tasks, whilst being observed and written about! (we had to protect an egg being dropped from 8 ft!)
• a buffet lunch is served, where they announce that they will only be interviewing 10 people individually, the rest will be sent home!
• after a nail/sandwich- biting hour, we are called out of the room 1 by 1, with our coats and things, to be told if we were successful to stage 2! it was so nervy, people were leaving and not coming back.... eek!
• i was called, dropped my lipgloss, then my bag, then couldnt find my coat, and finally made it to the room, to be told i was successful and would be interviewed!! yeah! and that i would be last, boo!
• a 2 hour wait ensued, including chatting to other prospective colleagues (and completely tidying the room- my nervous energy needed an outlet, so i also very geekily organised everything on the table into order of height! when on my own, i hasten to add!)
• i was called thru, managed not to drop anything this time, and had what i felt was quite a good interview, being as it was my first ever!

the wait...

• this was all on thursday! due to the holiday weekend i was told we would all be phoned on tuesday, thus spent a nervous weekend anxiously awaiting 'the call'!
• yesterday i was completely on the verge of a small breakdown after my uni ' friends' called my mobile from a 'withheld number' to wind me up! grrrrr....

the news...

• after giving myself the 'it obviously wasn't meant to be' pep-talk, the luvly project manager phoned at 4:50 pm and offered me the job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• this was quickly followed by actual screaming with pammy, some celebratory car dancing, and a round of phone calls and texts!

so i am very excited and happy! i start as a personal adviser at a company in 2 weeks! i'm so looking forward to it!