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this is me, asking advice from people who interview better than i do.
background: when last i was up DC-way, waiting in the lobby of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jgesteve and datlowen's building for them (and fafou, mearagrrl, and fafou's G-Lurve) to return with the porn and chicken, i was chatting with the very nice lady behind the desk and it came up that the management company is always interested in hiring new people; provides moving assistance for their employees; and also gives a substantial (though she didn't say how substantial) rent discount to employees. so my thought was, get hired by that company full-time, get moved, get the rent break (without which i certainly couldn't afford to live in one of their buildings), cut back to part-time after seven or eight months when (god willing) school begins, and keep the rent break (which the nice lady seemed to think would be no problem). so i applied.
and got a call today! applied yesterday afternoon, got a call at about 9:30 this morning. huzzah!
sadly, it turns out that the website didn't mention that the gig i'd applied for was 11pm-7am wednesday through friday (and 3pm-11pm saturday and sunday). SUCKS! (other listings, for the same position at different properties, did mention the hours. this one didn't. grr.) but the girl who called me said she'd forward my information to other properties who might need someone in the day shifts. so i don't actually have an interview scheduled right now -- the position, by the way, is in this case Resident Relations [Associate/Coordinator] (i've applied for both of these, but not for Manager) -- but when i do, i'll need Good Answers to the following questions:
clothes: i thought i'd wear a suit. that's never wrong, is it?
hair: is pulling it back (not into a plain ponytail, but something moderately decorative) enough, or does it need to be up? i assume leaving it loose would be bad.
makeup: is it okay not to wear makeup? will this be shooting myself in the foot?
jewelry: all i have pierced is my ears, but i have six earrings (three pairs, i mean). i assume i should take out all but one pair? i don't tend to wear more than one ring at a time, so there's no worries there.
the actual interview: if the interviewer doesn't bring it up, what's a graceful way to ask about benefits -- specifically, in this case, about the housing discount, which if it's not big enough i won't be able to justify not taking this other, cheaper apartment in a location that's Very Good but not as good as some of the ones where this company's properties are (the feature making the difference being proximity to the metro)?
all thoughts welcome. thanks!
background: when last i was up DC-way, waiting in the lobby of
jgesteve and datlowen's building for them (and fafou, mearagrrl, and fafou's G-Lurve) to return with the porn and chicken, i was chatting with the very nice lady behind the desk and it came up that the management company is always interested in hiring new people; provides moving assistance for their employees; and also gives a substantial (though she didn't say how substantial) rent discount to employees. so my thought was, get hired by that company full-time, get moved, get the rent break (without which i certainly couldn't afford to live in one of their buildings), cut back to part-time after seven or eight months when (god willing) school begins, and keep the rent break (which the nice lady seemed to think would be no problem). so i applied.and got a call today! applied yesterday afternoon, got a call at about 9:30 this morning. huzzah!
sadly, it turns out that the website didn't mention that the gig i'd applied for was 11pm-7am wednesday through friday (and 3pm-11pm saturday and sunday). SUCKS! (other listings, for the same position at different properties, did mention the hours. this one didn't. grr.) but the girl who called me said she'd forward my information to other properties who might need someone in the day shifts. so i don't actually have an interview scheduled right now -- the position, by the way, is in this case Resident Relations [Associate/Coordinator] (i've applied for both of these, but not for Manager) -- but when i do, i'll need Good Answers to the following questions:
clothes: i thought i'd wear a suit. that's never wrong, is it?
hair: is pulling it back (not into a plain ponytail, but something moderately decorative) enough, or does it need to be up? i assume leaving it loose would be bad.
makeup: is it okay not to wear makeup? will this be shooting myself in the foot?
jewelry: all i have pierced is my ears, but i have six earrings (three pairs, i mean). i assume i should take out all but one pair? i don't tend to wear more than one ring at a time, so there's no worries there.
the actual interview: if the interviewer doesn't bring it up, what's a graceful way to ask about benefits -- specifically, in this case, about the housing discount, which if it's not big enough i won't be able to justify not taking this other, cheaper apartment in a location that's Very Good but not as good as some of the ones where this company's properties are (the feature making the difference being proximity to the metro)?
all thoughts welcome. thanks!
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