 I was invited to attend the second, a face-t-face interview and then have a facility visit a few days ago. I was a little worried because I had seen two of the interviewers' profiles online and they were both welding guys! I anticipated a heavily structured interview based on the subject. It didn't happen! There were a number of questions but I had the upper hand! There were a few good ones, though. I, fortunately was able to answer them correctly and completely and I'm going to mention them here because you might be asked the same, one day(!) in an interview:
1) Where do you see yourself in five years from now?
This is a typical question which is asked by many during the interview, mostly regardless of what the position is but I never thought it'd be asked for this low-level position(!) but considering there had already been an interview and this was the second one and there would be another one, it answers the concern! The good thing is, for the first time, I had done my homework! And that was based on the advice The Mumbling Guy gave me when we met a few weeks ago. So I was ready. My answer was: I'd like to be in the same position with more responsibilities or if there was any opening, move to another position.
2) If you perform a PMI scan, can you tell if it matches the standard?!
I got frozen for a second! A scan does not have anything to do with any standard! So it was a good question! I was caught unguarded! I looked at him after the pause and I said by scanning I can only say whether the components match the order's requirements and that would be it!
It was difficult to say whether he liked the answers or not but he kind of confirmed them!
The interview took longer than I thought. I think It took nearly 40 minutes. I was then escorted and taken to different parts of the facility. I didn't see much organization and cleanliness! I thought the previous worksite was bad but you never know until you work. I was supposed to see the guy who, probably, makes the final decision but he had to attend a sort of meeting and I was handed to The Mumbling Guy.
He didn't say much about the interview which he joined after a few minutes of it but told me that when he gave my name to the company, at that point, I was hired!
I, on the contrary, do not think so. Unless you have the offer letter in your hands nothing matters. All the praise and you did well in the interview and so are nonsense! The other problem is the salary which was never discussed. We discussed that briefly during the phone interview but the number is way lower than what The Mumbling Guy wants me to ask! He actually wants me to request nearly $15k more! It would make a big difference in my life! I don't know how much the tax is but it would be roughly $1000 extra every month!
I'm supposed to go there again to see the big boss soon. We'll see how it goes.
(Photo: This shop is quite similar to what I visited)
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