Posted by wishingstar on January 29, 2007, at 11:27:17
I survived!
I woke up feeling absolutely terrible this morning. A very low depression before I even got out of bed. I thought about cancelling, but didnt let myself do it. There arent enough job opportunities around here for me to screw up a major one. So I talked to myself, asked myself interview questions, the whole time I was in the shower, and then sang Disney songs in the car on the way to try to lift my spirits a bit.
The first interview was for an position doing counseling with kids and families who are in crisis and in danger of having their kids removed from the home, hospitalized, etc. It's a team of a masters level clinician and a bachelors level clinician (me) and I'd focus mostly on the child while the other clinician worked with the family. I think the interview went pretty well. I felt a little bit removed in the beginning, like I was watching from another planet, but I think the answers I gave were fairly good and they seemed pretty pleased. They gave me a tour of the building and introducted me to lots of people, including the other bachelors level person who does the same job already and several of the masters level clinicians I'd work with. I saw where my office would be. Overall I felt pretty good. He said I'll hear from him this week and I think I might get offered it.
The oddest question was when he asked me what I'd do if a client called and was suicidal - how I'd handle it, how I'd assess the situation, etc. Oh man am I familiar with that! All I had to do with bring up Ginny in my mind and picture what she says to me on a weekly basis! Hah. Of course I didnt say that.
The second interview was at a childrens psych hospital. I'd be working on the young kids ward, ages 4-10. It was very relaxed - both interviewers were in jeans and we did the interview in the childrens cafeteria while they were in class! I felt a little overdressed. They asked mostly "what would you do if..." questions and I think my answers were okay - not amazing, but not bad. But a few times she said "good answer" when I finished talking, and at the end, said I have lots of experience and that I'd be good on the unit. That sounds like a good sign I think. But then as I was leaving, she basically said "ok, bye" in a way that felt like "ok, talk to you never!" I asked when I'd hear, and she said a few weeks. It wasnt too confidence inspiring. But with all the "good answer" etc, maybe it was just her social skills? I'm not sure.
I think I'll probably get offered one or the other. I think both went pretty well. I did wear the suit, and held it together emotionally all morning. I got home about 30 min ago and am slowly falling apart again, but thats not a surprise. At least I got through the morning. I also got home to an email from Laurie (ex-therapist) saying she needs to back off because of boundary isssues, which didnt really give me any warm fuzzies, but okay. Shes probably right, not still not what I wanted to hear.
Thank you everyone for your support. I'm supposed to hear from the first position this week, and the second in a week or so.
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