Interviews

Today was the wonderful day of Destination Iowa State Team Leader interviews. I really want to be a team leader, and was excited for the interview. However, I did not think that it would take two and a half hours. I figured it would be a sign up, receive a time, and then go to your interview when assigned. Instead, we were all split up into three very large groups, and taken into three different rooms. This is fine, being in a group is not a problem, in fact, I would rather be in a group because I don’t feel so alone.

We all began with introductions. This is easy, because everyone knows their name, where they are from, and what their major is. Then the interview process moved into a series of what was explained as three activities, but really ended up being five. It was fun, I think it went really well, but it took my whole evening. Why did they plan such a long interview process? By the end, everyone was a little out of it. Being in the a room playing dumb games for two and a half hours, just was not necessary. I guess they just wanted to see how everyone interacted with each other. Being a team leader, would really entail interacting well with people, so I understand the group activities. What I don’t understand is why we had to spend two and a half hours playing games with the group. This just doesn’t seem like it was the best strategy. Anyway, I do think the job would be a lot of fun, and I hope it is a position I achieve. I am very thankful the interview is good and over.