I met with the team (at least the important players) and they certainly seemed to have an approach I prefer: plenty of information about the project, its place in the org, long-term issues, solid information on the position itself, etc. And it'd seemed like a good group, until the interview started. OMG.
Project manager: Name the qualities most important to you in team-members, on a project.
Me: Hrm... that they all be able to read and write?
PM: *poker face*
Me: Uhm, and a sense of humor?
PM: *poker face*
That's the woman I'd be working for on a daily basis, and if she can't react pleasantly to my quirky sense of humor and irreverence, then... not looking good. (The main manager, the one technically my boss if not daily, seemed more easy-going, but I'd be looking at two years minimum under her daily command, and that... not really feeling like a nifty thing -- certainly not worth the drop in cash, however many benefits I'd get. Sigh.)
I definitely preferred the other team more, and the rapport. Now I just need to see if I can salvage it, and influence the slow-agency process back to considering me the top possibility for the job. Bleah!
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Date: 24 Feb 2007 09:51 pm (UTC)Project manager: Name the qualities most important to you in team-members, on a project.
Me: Hrm... that they all be able to read and write?
PM: *poker face*
Me: Uhm, and a sense of humor?
PM: *poker face*
That's the woman I'd be working for on a daily basis, and if she can't react pleasantly to my quirky sense of humor and irreverence, then... not looking good. (The main manager, the one technically my boss if not daily, seemed more easy-going, but I'd be looking at two years minimum under her daily command, and that... not really feeling like a nifty thing -- certainly not worth the drop in cash, however many benefits I'd get. Sigh.)
I definitely preferred the other team more, and the rapport. Now I just need to see if I can salvage it, and influence the slow-agency process back to considering me the top possibility for the job. Bleah!