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Posted 11/10/2008 4:31 PM (GMT 0)
So, I know I can do this - I have survived all my other interviews.  But the whole "lunch interview" makes me extra nervous.  I'll just order the safest thing on the menu.  I hope I have an easy out seat so I don't have to make everyone get up if I have to excuse myself. I hope we are walking to the resturant and don't have to drive.  I wish I hadn't drank 3/4ths a bottle of wine Saturday night.  I hope I feel better tomorrow than I do today.  I hate crohns.

But all you cheerleaders have done a great job so far and I am sure I will have a great day tomorrow too.

Posted 11/10/2008 4:35 PM (GMT 0)
Good luck Fitzy!! Sounds like an exciting day!! You've thought of some good points . . . but I'll bet you'll be fine. Does lunch happen to be your best time of day? Like after all the morning mission is done??? If so, that might be a big plus!! Is this a job interview or a client interview??? Let us know how things go. Blessings!
Posted 11/10/2008 4:40 PM (GMT 0)
It is round 3 of a job interview. Lunch is usually an ok time. I have a 3 hour drive to the interview so by the time I get there I should be feeling ok.
Posted 11/10/2008 4:53 PM (GMT 0)
WOW !!! I know you've worked hard to get to this point. I just wasn't sure exactly what point you were at in the process. Yup . . . eating and interviewing is a bit of a dance. I usually try to order something I don't have to pick up (like a sandwich), and which requires little cutting and fussing. I wonder if you could get a faxed menu before you go? Then you could really think about it ahead of time. Good luck Fitzy!! Blessings!
Posted 11/10/2008 5:05 PM (GMT 0)
I wish. I am still waiting to find out WHO I am lunching with let alone where!!! I'll pull it off. I am very clumbsy but confident so the two balance each other out. When I squirt lemon across the table or something I just laugh, apologize, move on.
Posted 11/10/2008 5:07 PM (GMT 0)
Good luck Fitzy, My prayers are with you I hope you get the job.

tyeddybear
Posted 11/10/2008 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
Good Luck on your interview. Let us know how it went!
Posted 11/10/2008 6:03 PM (GMT 0)
You can do it Fitzy! Just hang in there and try to relax!
Posted 11/10/2008 6:38 PM (GMT 0)
Good luck! I'm sure it'll be fine! Keep us updated :)

Posted 11/10/2008 6:39 PM (GMT 0)
Fitzy,

You are an awesome woman and you will do great!
Posted 11/10/2008 8:00 PM (GMT 0)
Fitzy I am throwing my good wishes out to you too. How about a Xanax about 1 hour before? That would at least help to calm the nerves. Good luck!!!
Posted 11/10/2008 8:09 PM (GMT 0)
Nanners - that was already in my plans :)
Posted 11/10/2008 10:27 PM (GMT 0)
*waves pom poms* Go Fitzy, go!

You deserve a great job, Fitzy. You try so hard in everything you do. You're an inspiration!
Posted 11/10/2008 10:32 PM (GMT 0)
Best of luck!!! You can do it!!! Just keep to something you know you can manage and you will be fine.
Posted 11/11/2008 2:02 AM (GMT 0)
You'll be fine Fitzy, just pick the most "gut friendly' thing on the menu for yourself and you'll be right. Good Luck Jo
Posted 11/11/2008 8:27 AM (GMT 0)
Good Luck Fitzy! You know you're the right one for the job, just remember that.
Posted 11/11/2008 12:06 PM (GMT 0)
Fitzy -

How'd it go?? That was yesterday for lunch, right?? I bet you wow'd 'em!!

-Leslie
Posted 11/11/2008 12:25 PM (GMT 0)
It's today at noon (and I won't be back to my computer till 3) but thanks for the vote of confidence!
Posted 11/11/2008 2:37 PM (GMT 0)
Good luck, even though you won't read this until you back...I'm sure you did good, and I hope the lemon juice didn't squirt too far!
Posted 11/11/2008 11:32 PM (GMT 0)
Ok, the interview went well!! They took me to an Italian place which was a little complicated b/c I didn't want to be slurpping up pasta - so I was going to order chicken and veggies but someone said that I had to try the pasta so I ordered penne w/ chicken and broccoli in a garlic butter sauce. I had to hedge my bets there. I figured broccoli in the teeth and garlic breath was better than spaghetti sauce on the suit, slurpping a long pasta, or anything w/ dairy that would make me take lactose pills. It went fine, I eat slower than most people so only ate about half my plate. It was fun and I enjoyed it. (after taking 2 immodium and a xanax of course lol).

So that is interview 3 at that place, one of the other places I had interviewed decided they are not hiring at all this year, and now I have another place to interview with next week. I should know w/ in 10 days from this firm if I have an offer or not. It is exciting but a little scary because it will involve moving and my husband finding a new job.
Posted 11/12/2008 12:51 AM (GMT 0)
Good luck Fitzy!! Sounds like this must be a really great opportunity. I'll bet you hear from them sooner than 10 days. Keep us posted! Blessings!
Posted 11/12/2008 7:17 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Fitzy, I've been kinda missing from the board lately (what with school and all), but I just wanted to say congrats on the interview going well. I've heard a lot about those kind of lunches and I've always dreaded them for the same reason as you. But that's such good news that it went well. I hope you hear good news soon. Congrats!!
Posted 11/12/2008 12:51 PM (GMT 0)
Yaaaaaaa! It sounds like it went well. I am hoping for good responses for you. I have given up my job search until after the first of the year. My best opportunity company has a hiring freeze until maybe after the first quarter. It is a tough job market out there and I think you are doing exceptional in the current job environment.

Keep us up to date!
Posted 11/18/2008 4:16 AM (GMT 0)
Fitz,
Any news on this or another job yet?
Posted 11/18/2008 5:00 AM (GMT 0)
Glad to hear it went well, Fitzy!
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