30 Something

Sometimes I just don't think. I can just kick myself for all the times that I've gotten myself into deep doo doo because I wasn't thinking. Well my last f*ck up was that I had an interview on Friday at a school that's about 60 miles away from here. The good thing is that I know the director of the program. I arrived at noon. My interview wasn't until 2. So I had plenty of time to walk around and get a feel of the place. Before I went the director e-mailed me to come to his office first and he would walk me over. So I sat outside in the common area for awhile. At about a quater til 2 I went to the bathroom to check myself out and do a quick run of my presentation. It was about three minutes til 2 and I went to his office and no one was there. I panicked. I quickly found the nearest person and had them take me to the interview. I think I got there a minute after 2. The director was disappointed he told me that I should have been at his office at a quater til 2, but He didn't specify that. Of course I should have known that, but I wasn't thinking. Despite all of that the interview went well. There were two questions that stumped me: On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being self directed and 10 being others directed where do I stand. I said 5 because there were a couple of different ways to interpret the question. My mistake was not asking for clarity. The second question: Describe the perfect boss. I did, but the second part of the question was the kicker, If by some magic, I was not that person's boss, what would I tell them to improve on. I couldn't think of any way to answer the questions. I stumbled through and then stated that I wasn't sure. My presentation was perfect. I don't feel very confident about it though. I will be really sad if I don't get the offer. But it will be my fault for not thinking.

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