Job interview.... When will I know

[Megz1234]

Dumfries in scotland, what about you?
Yeah im really inpatient! the interview went really well i think, but you never know at the end of the day!

[Jessllew]

Mansfield .... Nottingham :0) yeah rly nervous I am. I think the interview went great as was prepared for all the questions after looking up on here what they any ask lol :0) how long was you in the interview for ..... I was only in there 20 mins but some people say they where in there for a hour :0/

[Megz1234]

Yeah i was about half an hour, i felt my questions were quite hard the compentency questions anyway haha, but i answered them all fine i think ,

I think i was in there a bit longer because i had to explain my 5 year work history as all the dates were messed up because i had trouble filling out the form online (stupid thing) so i hope that didnt put him off. But he seemed keen on me since he said he needed more female posties as there is only ONE in my area.

You'll have to let me know what happens, i reckon you might hear tomorrow! Fingers crossed!

[fishtank]

But he seemed keen on me since he said he needed more female posties as there is only ONE in my area.

That's a big thing in your favour at the moment.
Over 82% of us guys in operations....are guys and they are looking to balance the gender imbalance.

[Megz1234]

Yeah hopefully it will work in my favour, but ive been unemployed since october last year and every job ive went for they've said im "over" qualified. So i dont know what i'll do, if i dont get this

[fishtank]

Yeah hopefully it will work in my favour, but ive been unemployed since october last year and every job ive went for they've said im "over" qualified. So i dont know what i'll do, if i dont get this

RM don't usually play the overqualified card in my experience,unfortunately they don't play the underqualified card either as you'll see if you do get the job.
We're an odd collection of strange fish, some of them far too clever to be delivering mail for a living and some of them leave you wondering how they manage to dress themselves in the morning.

[Megz1234]

Haha yeah, i hope they dont discriminate on the same reasons as every other employer. Will just be the luck of the draw im guessing!

[dvbuk55]

Yeah hopefully it will work in my favour, but ive been unemployed since october last year and every job ive went for they've said im "over" qualified. So i dont know what i'll do, if i dont get this

RM don't usually play the overqualified card in my experience,unfortunately they don't play the underqualified card either as you'll see if you do get the job.
We're an odd collection of strange fish, some of them far too clever to be delivering mail for a living and some of them leave you wondering how they manage to dress themselves in the morning.

I've got Velcro trainers

[bustedflush]

Haha yeah, i hope they dont discriminate on the same reasons as every other employer. Will just be the luck of the draw im guessing!

Fishtank has got it spot on in his last post.
I have a degree, as does another colleague I've walked with, and I would safely assume there are a few others at least that I'm not aware of in the office. You may be surprised but a F/T postie with OT earns far more than the average graduate in many occupations. It's as much a lifestyle as a job. Then again, as fishtank stated, you wonder how some guys are allowed out of their homes each morning without professional supervision. But whichever of the two extremes you belong to, or in between, you will all make the same mistakes, get bitten by the same dogs and go out in the same weather and wear the same uniform and be paid the same. I would advise joining the CWU. Due to the constantly changing daily workloads and stresses, the boundaries are sometimes blurred or forgotten and the rep. can usually put your mind at rest. I had never joined a union in 25 years of work until RM. I had never felt I needed to before. Good luck when you start, you'll likely be on the same round for 3 -5 weeks which helps when you're new.

[Jessllew]

Yes megz fingers crossed for you to :0) make sure you let me know how you do :0)

I think the interview went ok :0) but like u said the questions where mostly drawn out lol.

I've been unemployed nearly a year now since coming out the army :0( and every interview I've gone for the longer your unemployed the less likely you are to get the job :0(

I hope I hear very soon :0)

[Jessllew]

Also I was worried about being a female applying for this job.... As you don't see many female posties do you :0/

[tasam]

Also I was worried about being a female applying for this job.... As you don't see many female posties do you :0/

Depends on where you are. There's quite a few in my office but it's a large office.

[Jessllew]

Oh that's good :0) very rare I see female ones :0/

[Megz1234]

Yeah like i said in my area there is only one female out of 80 men posties. Well i am a qualified veterinary nurse, which i thought may put them off and all my previous employments have been to do with animals, but this is a sector and career which i would like to get into and change, as ive been in too much stress from my previous jobs etc.

[dvbuk55]

We have about 15 which is about 10% or slightly under perhaps.