I finally got an interview for a good job with the government. Kinda. It involves securing and dispersing funds for various social security programs. Mostly programs and financial assistance for foster children. When I was in university I used to volunteer alot. I joined awkward initiatives about sexual health and mental health awareness. It gave me a feeling of purpose, and the actual classes I was doing in University were boring, so I worked for free.
I got a callback.
This government…ish… office job pays 32CAD per hour… because it's a 1 year trial contract for a new position that “may become permanent”.
Oh no.
The interview I got wasn't actually an in person interview. It was a TWO HOUR long Zoom interview that involved three separate managers. They all seemed to like me, and I told the truth. I have a ton of volunteer experience, and computer experience. This office job did not require social service work experience for the applicants, so I thought I was fine.
I thought I was going to get an in person interview.
Then.
After 6 questions that dragged on for TWO HOURS the last manager I spoke to told me I had an hour to crunch data for them.
There was a written test after the zoom call.
They sent me an excel sheet and told me to figure it out. There were four questions under the sheet.
I haven't worked with foster children before. I'm very experienced with excel but I didn't know any of the terminology on that sheet. Some of the questions on that sheet were literally only things someone experienced with foster children would know…
The position is an office job where I would never meet any of the kids…
It's been fifteen days.
I'm not going to get it, because hiring managers don't understand how to conduct interviews in a timely or effective way.
I've rejected lots of crappy offers, but this hurts.
The office work required is almost exactly like my job, but it pays 30% more and the work would have been fulfilling.
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