On this politically, culturally, and personally important day, the northern California weather cordially obliged by being sunny and breezy, high of 55. The thoughest aspect of interview Tuesday was the outfit. I had it all planned out--anthropologie skirt, black tights, high heels, edgy grey blouse. I put my no-fail outfit on to find that a button was missing on my blouse and another button was hanging by a thread... cue brow sweat. Fortunately there was a B-team blouse waiting in the wings and I made it down to the bus stop with a few minutes to spare.
I stopped for lunch at a great fresh salad counter place in the Financial District. I shared a table with another single and got to chatting. She was a born and raised San Franciscan, not easy to find those! We talked about how, when you are a native, a city stops feeling like a city and just feels like home. She wished me well on my interviews and off I went to venture to Oakland.
I started clobbering down the windy sidewalks in my 3 inch heels and realized I had no idea if I was going in the right direction. I asked nice-looking girl, about my age, which way to Market Street? Good thing I asked, it was in the opposite direction. She was heading that way so we walked together a little while. I'm not too shy, so by the time we parted she was wishing me well on my interviews as well.
I made it past Market Street and to the AC Transit terminal to catch a bus to Oakland. The terminal is a block out of the Financial District but might as well be miles away--what were suits and gel'd hair were now baggy jeans and skull caps. I got off my stop, a block away from the next interview spot, 30 minutes early. I chilled out at the best looking spot nearby, a chinese burger and donut joint. Yes, chinese food, burgers, and donuts in one family-owned drive-thru restuarant. The lady at the counter quickly pointed out that I was new around here.
Interview time, part deux, was here. I punched the buzzer on the warehouse door at 2:15, the responsible 15 minutes early. The COO, with who I had my initial phone interview, opened the door. She said it was great to meet me in person and then pointed at my Melissa Joy Manning earrings. I said there is a story to these! I explained to her how I opened them, my birthday gift from my best friend Lauren, and came across this job listing the very next day. "So they're your lucky earrings?!" she said.
The interview for the eCommerce Coordinator went famously well. We talked about marketing ideas on how to drive traffic to the site, the company's rapid growth, and how relationships are so vital to business. Tuesday was Super indeed.
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