Day 298 - Are You A Firm Candidate For The Role?

Monday February 8th

What a day.

Interview - I go to my interview at Perins School still in two minds. This was not the plan. It's set up like American Idol. There are 6 of us and we have a tour of the school, an "informal" interview with the Head and Deputy Head and finally, a 30 minute lesson to teach. This is all before lunch and then they get rid of 3 and the other 3 go on to final interviews with the lucky winner being offered a job at 3.15pm.

I have to say this is the hardest selection process I have been through with the possible exception of my first job at Beecham 20 years ago. When I compare the process for getting my SVP role, there is no comparison. The difficulty of the interview process is inversely proportional to the salary involved!

So the first question the Head asks me is whether I am a firm candidate for the role. This is the worst possible question to ask me so I was honest with her. Bad decision. My lesson went OK - it was full of energy and sizzle but not sure how much substance. Must have gone OK as I went through to the last 3.

My final interview was with a panel of 4 firing questions at me. I thought it went pretty badly and I had been found out for the fraud I am. Apparently not as they offered me the job.

Then I found out I wasn't going to More House on Tuesday.