1 down

I had an interview with the American Bar Association for a position with their Commission on Immigration in DC. I’ve trained myself to stop getting excited about any of the jobs I am applying for. I don’t think I could cope with all the rejections if I let myself get attached to all the ones I really, really wanted.

However, I am letting a little hope creep in and allowing myself to admit that this was one of the ones that I really, really wanted. I think it went really well. I could tell the HR guy who interviewed me over the phone liked me. I know technically that is his job…he’s in human relations after all, but he got caught up in my passion and excitement when I was talking about immigration and human rights violations and making change. He interrupted me a couple times to inject a, "Yeah!" or an "Exactly!" So I think it went really well. I was one of 12 people they chose for a first round interview out of the over 300 resumes.

So one down. I should know by around November 15th whether to prepare for round two.

Keep your fingers crossed for me.