Tale of two interviews

(I had planned on writing this after my first interview on Wednesday afternoon, however, I had another one on Friday, so this will be a combined interview entry)

I spent the time driving from work on Wednesday to the office off campus that I was going to interview at doing mantras (prayers)
 
My friend L mentioned to me on Facebook to bring Tara with me, and that was a given. I do a lot of Green Tara work and meditation and she’s with me every where. Green Tara is a Buddhist Goddess, she’s one of the female Buddha’s, the one that is called upon for assistance with just about everything. She represents virtuous and enlightened action. I perform a meditation called Praise to the 21 Taras, it’s a really long process, however it’s the path that I am on, so I immerse myself in it daily
 
I sat in the parking lot and continued to pray, visualize how I wanted the interview to go and went to go inside
 
It was so hot on Wednesday, I felt like I had slept in my outfit, so there was that bit of uncomfortable-ness
 
I met with this woman that I could tell was a real ball buster, and she grilled me about past jobs, how I did my work, why I quit Chemistry, etc.
 
Here is where it got a little weird
 
She said, ‘you’ll get back into Stanford soon, I am sure you are interviewing a lot’
 
I said, “I am, I have another interview on Friday for Stanford Hospitals and Clinics”
 
“Who are you meeting with there?” “Cliff Harris?”
 
“Oh I know him, he’s a great guy” (She looks me up and down) “You’ll need to wear a suit, this is too casual for that group” (I am wearing a crisp white button down shirt, dress pants and dress shoes)
 
“Talk up your volunteer experience, mention that you have lived in Mt. View for all these years, they need someone with a lot of community experience”
 
Um…ok…?
 
Here I am wanting THIS job, working for THIS group and she’s giving me advice on my NEXT interview!
 
I met with another of the directors and that went well, so I don’t know what to think at this point
 
I went over to the mall on Thursday to find something more professional, and I found a nice shirt/vest combo thing that I planned to wear with even nicer shoes and my dress pants
 
Friday when I went to lunch I parked in the back so that I could grab my clothes out of the car and run into the shipping bay to change from casual to interview clothes. It was so blooming hot that I had to change slowly as to not get all sweaty. I told Joel, Rhea’s fiancé that I was changing in the bay and to not come back there
 
Too funny that just as I was finished someone rang the bell!
 
I head off to the next interview and I was thrown by the building that it was in as it was totally deserted. It is a brand new building and I walked around the whole thing and finally found the office
 
We all squeezed into this office that was the office of TWO people, they sat across from one another on a conference room table, very odd indeed
 
We all got to talking and I think it went well, they asked for my references which I sent them this morning.
 
I think overall they both went well, the first one told me that they were both very impressed with me and that they needed to meet with other candidates, will be in touch, etc.
 
What I think I am dealing with is there are a lot of people out there looking for jobs, and the employers really can afford to pick and choose the right person for the job. They aren’t in a position where they have to pick the first person they interview.
 
That might be why I haven’t heard a thing back from anyone yet
 
I am glad I had a chance to speak with Cathy, the owner of the store as well as my good friend (both in real life and in my dharma life as she’s on quite the Buddhist path herself) and she again gave me some interesting things to think about it in regards to attachment and how my mind works around all of this job stuff
 
Here’s what I know for sure:
 
I am lucky to have a job
I am grateful to still receive a paycheck
I am thankful that I am able to get interviews
I am thankful that I am healthy and don’t need to go to the doctors and incur lots of bills
 
The rest will work itself out