Jobless no more?

This morning I’m heading in for a follow-up interview. It’s for a contracting position through Smith Johnson with emWare, a seven-year “startup” that does software for embedded microcontrollers in devices such as vending machines.

The job’s a six-month contract. I don’t know whether it will go past that or not. Their lead admin is taking a several-month leave, and they need someone with Solaris and Linux skills, along with a little Java, Perl, and Bash, as well as systems automation experience. Enter… me! I seem to be a good fit, and as far as I know, I’m the only one being subject to a second interview. I hope all goes well.

I received a somewhat excited call from Bryan, the recruiter/contract lead for this position. He asked me to be “calm” for the interview, and to try to “tone down” my personality a bit. Apparently, one of my interviewers thought I was a little high-strung.

Me? High-strung? Combatative? NEVER, I have no idea what they are smoking thinking that 😉

Yeah, I am a little high-strung, all the time. If I’d gone for thirty years without figuring this out, I’d be in some serious denial. I consider it a positive attribute — let’s hope the interviewers feel the same. I told the recruiter “look, I’m not going to create a fake personality just for the interview when they’ll need to work with the real me for the next six months”. He agreed, but still asked me to work on being “calm and approachable” for this interview.

Where’s a Valium when you need one?

I’ll let you know how it goes.