So today I found out something about the job I was hoping to transfer into...

[WillParkinson]

I have to interview for it! I haven't had to interview for a job in 25 years. I'm nervous. Someone hold me.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. You are going to be amazing! Why? Because it's all going to be fresh,

and you're going to walk in there and not seem like a guy on his 20th interview in 6 months time and you are going to blow them away. I know you are.

[WillParkinson]

2. The job isn't in my field...

I know that I can do the job (at least I think I can), but I don't know how to answer questions about the job itself, should the manager ask me something in particular.

[gratuitous]

4. You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

If they're looking seriously at you for this position, it's because they want you there. If they want you there, they will want you to succeed, or risk looking like they made a mistake. Most managers don't like to look like they made a mistake, so they'll be happy to help you out if you ask for help.

[WillParkinson]

7. I think the only reason...

Is because I requested a transfer they're beholden to grant me an interview. That way they can say they followed proper channels.

[gratuitous]

10. In that case, you have nothing to lose

No pressure, says I. Be witty, be charming. Tell amusing anecdotes. Suggest you all adjourn this charade of an interview and go get a beer.

[WillParkinson]

14. HAHA

Thanks. I needed a good laugh.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. Do they know that you are coming from a different field? A lot of times they won't ask specific

questions.

I will keep my fingers crossed for you Will. I think you can do this.

[WillParkinson]

8. Oh, yes, they know...

I've been at the hotel for 25 years. I'm rather...um...well known. They definitely know I'm coming from elsewhere.

[bigwillq]

3. You'll be fine.

[WillParkinson]

11. From your lips...

To the manager's ears.

[bigwillq]

13. Wait, what? I have to kiss a manager's ears?

I hope I at least get a cut of your paycheck, buster.

[WillParkinson]

15. Well, if it helps me get the job...

You should be prepared to kiss much more than ears.

[bigwillq]

17. I have experience in kissing more than ears.

[HeiressofBickworth]

5. Are you able to research the subject matter of the job?

The best you can do is go prepared to discuss the job in real terms. You can then develop a plan to convince them that YOU are the best one for the job. If you identify certain aspects of the job and then relate to the interviewer how you would approach it, they will be impressed with your knowledge.

Good Luck!!!

Oh, and don't forget this: the interview is also for YOU to find out about them. I remembered that once and asked many questions about the position (is this a new position or a replacement? why did the previous person leave? how much notice was given?) At the end, I told the interviewer that I would not be interested in the position based on the vague answers I got. She told me I was a very perceptive person. I figured out that the job was working with an asshole who had been driving person after person out of the job.

[WillParkinson]

9. I know the basics of the job...

And believe I have the ability to learn what I don't know. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[elleng]

12. C'mon over, Will; I'll hold you,

and then we'll report to the Lounge that you GOT THE JOB!!!

[WillParkinson]

16. I'm the kind of person who could talk myself out of anything...

Talking myself INTO something would be an achievement.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Here's a hug for you, my dear Will...

You Will Be Fine.

I know it. You know it.

Another hug, for luck!