So as I am an awfully busy human being I am only telling you what happened at the interview now.
First of all I made the stupid mistake of not eating anything beforehand, I was so scared of being late to the stupid thing that I bypassed food, and as the interview was 4 hours long it was not the smartest decision I have ever made. Afterwards I hoovered down a Big Tasty and instantly regretted it.
Secondly I was wearing a dress suit that although was lovely and very flattering, I couldn't exactly walk in comfortably as it was so tight around my arse and legs I was waddling around and I couldn't get anywhere quick enough. I must have looked good though because a man in a hearse beeped at me and a special needs man came up to me on the way to the Press Association and said "You are fashion!". Dear God.
So anyway I finally got there and found it in time, and sat myself down as appropriately as I could in my stupid impractical dress, and another interviewee comes in with a FAT portfolio. This is when I started to panic. They specifically told me not to bring one, and even if I did it wouldn't be as FAT as hers was anyway.
The head of the Press Association came down, I was very aware of my handshake. I don't want to have a floppy handshake. He lead us upstairs, (us is me and the other interviewee, she was Welsh, very sweet, and instantly reminded me of Stacy from Gavin and Stacy for no reason other then she was Welsh) and we went into a presentation room. I awkwardly sat down again (so much awkward sitting down) and he showed us a slideshow of the course and what goes into it.
It looks like bloody hard work, but also super amazing. I want to get on there so much. But this is when we get to the sad and disheartening part; they only take 18 people, and they've already chosen 14. And they interview people up to July.
So basically I have very little chance. I have an even smaller chance because the tests were HARD. I knew most of the News Awareness questions, but one of them was "Detail a recent Eastenders storyline". That was probably the one question they shouldn't have asked. The spelling test was relatively easy (unfortunately 'peadofile' didn't come up) but the grammer was not so; they'd written out sentences, told us the grammar was wrong, and we had to correct it. I was looking at half the sentences and wondering what the hell was wrong with them. What a brilliant start. I managed to write the press release relatively quickly and easily, though if it was good or what they were looking for or not I don't know.
They then sprang a challenge of planning a 5 minute presentation on ourselves. I was so nervous I am sure I said many ridiculous things...in fact I think I went on about my hair at one point. Brilliant.
We had a tour of the Press Association, it was all buzzy and exciting. We met the current trainees, all of whom said it was very hard work but worth every penny. It looked so much fun and so interesting. And it looks like I won't get a chance to go :(.
In my personal interview I did say that if I didn't get on this time I would apply again for the January course. I hope he saw my determination, and I hope he saw that I was intelligent enough to do it. I will know within 3 weeks anyway. Keep your fingers crossed for me but with only 4 places left to fill it isn't looking promising :(.
In the meantime there is only 3 weeks left of my last seminar term, so if I am not blogging all too often that is why. Soon it will be the Easter holidays and I will be only 1 exam away from graduating.
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