Job Interview

I seem to be writing a lot about my job and my career lately, but I guess not much else exciting is happening elsewhere in my life. Last Monday, I went to Groningen for a job interview as a BI consultant, which would be my second meeting with that particular company. Not that I was seriously looking for a new job, but I was just curious.

During our first talk, I had to fill in a psychological test, and we discussed that at Monday. According to the test, I have a dominant personality at work, and that I get my motivation from my desire for status and authority. I also take decisions without taking other peoples' feelings and emotions into account. My first thought when I read this was "What a asshole!", and then "I'm not anything like that, am I?" I was probably feeling overconfident when I filled in the test, I couldn't think of another explanation.

On Thursday, they called me back, and said they were not going to follow up. They said the talks were very positive. It's just that their functions are related to the technical side of Business Intelligence, while I was much more interested in the business of it. Can't really argue with that. Even though I like doing all the technical stuff, the job would have much less meaning for me if I couldn't relate them to the business. But I'm not too sad about it, I wasn't going to leave Vodafone anyway.

We also had some goodbye lunches/dinners at work lately, because we had some people (including some consultants) leaving us. Which is a shame, because they were good at their jobs, and because they were really nice and fun people. And with the move to Amsterdam coming up, I think there will be more goodbyes in the coming year. But I guess that's just the way it is, so there's no sense in thinking about it for too long.