Intarview fun

[spudtater]

Went to an interview yesterday with VisitScotland.com in Livingston; they're looking for a graduate to work for them for 12 months, with a possibility of a permanent job at the end of it. It's Web/Java development, so right up my street.

Amazingly, I did well at the interview! I think it helped that there were only two people interviewing, and that they were friendly and informal. Amusingly, one of them had just come back from the dentist (gaining a numb mouth in the process), and so was in perhaps a more embarassing situation than I was.

I was in fact rather chatty, setting off on various asides, which helped stop me getting nervous, as well as breaking the ice a little. I also managed to show off my Conway's Game of Life simulation which I'd programmed on my mobile phone — I think that impressed them! I think I have a fairly good chance of being invited back for second interview.   8^)

Comments

[gominokouhai]

We should talk about this. Their IT is mostly outsourced to a consultancy in Austria, and the product is not something you are likely to want to be associated with.

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'm in a position to turn any work down, frankly.

[gominokouhai]

Possibly true... but plan for sanity-destroying levels of bad code.

Let me know how it goes. If you want to see the app from the clients' POV, drop in on me at work (assuming you'd be working on the extranet; they may have other similarly broken projects).

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

What exactly is an extranet when it is at home, and how does it differ from "teh intarwebs"?

I think that I am going to be tinkering with web pages, mostly. Using JSPs, which should be fun.

[mamal-uk.livejournal.com]

Whatever you decide, good luck! =0)