So Very Dark

This quarter, I approached my director about setting me up for internships.  She sent out my resume, looked at my work and told me what teacher could best assist me in putting together an interview portfolio.

About a week and a half later, I received an email from the marketing director of Iron City Brewing, asking if I would be able to come in for an interview.  As I’m going to be out of town for Kristin’s wedding from tomorrow on, I agreed to come in today– because I didn’t have enough to do already, haha.

I did a rush job creating what I hoped would be a presentable interview portfolio, had Briggs (yet again) consult on what I should wear (I’m lost when it comes to grown-up clothes) and crossed my fingers.

This morning, Briggs dropped me off about five minutes before my interview and drove off in search of a coffee shop in which he could wait for the duration.  About 15 minutes later, I called him to get me.  He was surprised and concerned, having expected a wait of half an hour to forty-five minutes at the least.  He need not have doubted me.

The most challenging part of the interview process was figuring out where to enter the building.  I eventually had to find an employee around back to show me where I needed to go.  Then I met my interviewer and was led to his office.  We chatted for a few minutes about the company, what I would be doing and so on (apparently, I would be doing actual design, for consumption by the public) and then he opened my portfolio.  A few pages in, he basically asked me when I could start.  After he finished, he let me know that he would be happy if I wanted to start next week…but also that, if I were overwhelmed with classes at the moment, I shouldn’t over-extend myself, and I could just begin at the start of the fall quarter, as planned.  In the course of our conversation, he told me at least three or four times how good my work was.

And not once did he ask me to tell him about a time when I had provided excellent customer service.