Next Please!

After numerous screening processes, I finally reached the Interview stage with Next. I was so excited! Because recently I have been feeling like a little human on a downward spiral to depression. So, when I got the call that I was offered an interview I was happy. I went to the Interview preparation session which helped me prepare for the real thing. On the day of my interview I practiced a few answers and thought up some questions. On the way there, I felt a little nervous. The interview was in two parts, the first was a 1:1 and then a role play. I had the 1:1 and it wasn’t as bad as I imagine, there was a total of 10 of us in a big hall and we all had 15 minutes with the interviewer. My interviewer, Darren, was a friendly guy. I got the impression that my Interviewer was impressed with me as he told me no one had mentioned certain aspects I said. I felt good from what he said. There were some tricky questions that required me to think quickly and today I managed to think quickly and give an accurate answer. After this, we went into the other room for the role play. We first had to talk about ourselves. A little about our background and one thing that was interesting about us. I already had my answer as I knew it was unique and I wasn’t lying. When I said that I customised trainers, the interviewers “oohed”. It was going ok I thought. Then the interviewer told us to pick an object from the back of the room and sell it to them. I didn’t know what to pick but I probably picked up the cheapest object, even though the interviewer had just reminded us that a business is to make money. (I realised this in hindsight) I managed to sell my object to them but I didn’t know how well I did. After the interview, I was confused as I had no idea how I did. I did feel I did well on the 1:1 but I wasn’t too sure for the role play. 

On Friday 17^th June 2011, I received the call. It was the call that told me I was successful in the interview and that I would receive a letter in the post. I was over the moon. I had finally got a job. Even though it wasn’t my ideal job but nevertheless it meant that I could earn money and start to plan my life and future and what I need to do. I was so happy. I am so thankful.

However, they never got back to me after stating that I got the job. Luckily, I found another one so I wasn't bothered.