i am not surprised, however. for whatever reason, placement agencies always have huge popping boners to call me in for an interview, but when it comes to giving me a damn job, they never pull through. now, i would take this as an indication of how well i interview, were it not for the fact that i am offered nearly every job i interview for.

so what's that about? i have no idea.

the best part was driving out into the middle of suburbia for my second intervew only to be told 4 minutes into it that the lady couldn't help me and i should be talking to someone in the seattle office because of my salary requirement.

well, genius, remember how my desired salary is listed right on the resume that you found online to contact me through in the first place?

WHERE IS YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL, LADY???

the most disturbing part is that i put on god damned mascara and then took a boredom/sadness/unemployment nap before taking it off, so i was startled when i later looked in the mirror and saw alex de large looking back at me.

blech.

i have a cut on my neck from stuart. or harvest. or fernando. i'm not sure which.

but, on the positive side i got a phone call from a company looking to pay me too little for too much trouble and another with whom i have a phone interview on thursday afternoon, so all's not lost.

two good things happened today:

#1--i was so freaked out when i got to my first interview that when i parked i forgot to put money in the parking meter, yet was not ticketed by the time i got back an hour later.

#2--at said first interview i was given a personality test in which i found out i exhibit the "investigator pattern".

wanna know what that means? well let me share with you:

Emotions--Dispassionate; self-disciplined

Goal--Power of formal role positions

Judges others By--Use of data

Influences others By--Determination, tenacity

Value to the Organization--Comprehensive, attention to detail (oooh, look at that lady at second interview, attention to detail); working on tasks individually, in dyads or small groups

Overuses--bluntness (what, me?); suspicion of others

Under Pressure--Tends to internalize conflict; remember wrongs done to them

Fears--involvement with the masses; selling abstract ideas

Would increase effectiveness with more--Flexibility; acceptance of others; personalized involvement

Objective and analytical, Investigators are dispassionate "anchors of reality". Generally undemonstrative, they calmly and steadily pursue an independent path toward a fixed goal. Investgators are successful at many things, not because of versatility but due to a dogged determination for follow-through. Once embarked on a project, Investigators fight tenaciously to achieve their objectives. Force is sometimes necessary to change their direction and they may be viewed a stubborn and opinionated. Investigators do well with challenging assignments of a technical nature and respond to logic rather than emotion in selling or marketing an idea, they can be especially successful if they have a concrete product. Investigators can utilize factual data, interpreting this information and drawing conclusions. preferring to work alone, Investigators are no especially interested in pleasing people; they may be viewed as coldly blunt and tactless. Investigators need to develop more understanding of people through a systematic approach.

i know they get all negative at the end just because i don't lick my co-workers' assholes (i have to save all my tongue-action for my customers), but whatever. how could you not want to hire my hardworkin' ass??