Delayed Responses and a Two-Timin' Workin' Woman

To add to the list of things you'd never suspect, why not try 'going on an interview, bombing it, and then getting hired the next day'?

I've been trying to pay off my credit cards at a quicker rate, which thus far means I've been budgeting myself better. But it's difficult to really feel progress with only one income being pinched inward from both sides. So I've been trying to get part-time gigs for a while now. Nothing has come close to an interview.

In January, I applied to work as a tutor. I didn't get an interview. Then in March, I found the ad posted again. So I looked at my old application and decided to try to make my cover letter more enthusiastic. I got a call back the day before Nana's wake.

So of course I didn't return the phone call right away. I waited about a week and finally called back. If you don't do it now, Janet, you never will.

I was not confident about the interview. I didn't have my normal levels of 'interview energy' because (1) general depression and (2) when I walked in, they had me fill out a 20-page application. Also the girl interviewing me eclipsed me in bubbliness and enthusiasm.

So then I go home, thinking, 'Another opportunity lost.'

The very next day, BAM! Phone call. Hired. Start on the 31st!

That's how a girl gets through the 3 month screening process--persistance!