Last night I got a call for an interview today, without knowing much about the job other than they liked my resume.
By the time my misplaced phone was in hand, I called the recruiter a grand half hour before my interview to confirm. She explained, "You're definitely going to want to wear a suit, if you have one. They're very busy right now, so it's good that you're getting in. And when you talk about your job experience, don't say you haven't done accounting; say 'I looked at numbers, I'm comfortable looking at and working with numbers.' This is a job where they're going to want someone who's ready to take on new things, quick thinker - this is me, but then came the kicker - they want someone who's committed long-term; they don't want someone who's going to want to go back to school in a year to be a therapist." Nail in the coffin.
Honestly, it was probably a lost cause when she told me to wear a suit. I'm all for dressing up, but I don't really belong in an accounting firm with people who don't have a lot of time ever, wearing a suit every day, crunching numbers. Sounds kind of picturesque in that person who works their ass off in a movie, only to realize they want more in life, sort of way. But even they usually realize they want more in life.
This was not the job for me. I can't say what I'll be feeling about life in a year, at least not that I'll put aside my wants because an accounting firm wants me to move up. I think it's okay to know what you don't want to do.
The irony of her words being that I've been thinking, for months about going back to school, maybe in a year, and maybe to become a therapist. So they're not even looking for me.
