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Reader · 12-11-2012, 06:15 AM

I recently got a job that I feel woefully under-qualified for. The place is way bigger and more professional, as well as more highly regarded in the industry, than my last place, the place they hired me out of.

You can see the post here > http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/foru...887#post695887 < about my last (3rd) long interview just before they offered me the job, if you care to read it.

Occasionally, one gets to find out the answer to something that they usually would never find out.

I found out what it was about me that made them hire me. It was a sentence I said during my 3rd grueling interview.

Usually, I imagine that no one pays attention to individual sentences like I do. I love writers and good writing. I am an exceptional reader, hence my screen name, not because of the volume of reading that I do, but because of the quality of my reading and the attention I give to things I read, especially those things I like. It's like being a good listener.

I know a woman who is absolutely the best "listener" for readers who share their own work with her. She is a retired English teacher and she did the same thing with her 7th grade students when they read their poems and creative writing pieces to the class aloud.

She gets comfortable and then she closes her eyes and appears to be drinking in the sounds of the reading. She tilts her head as if to fine tune her hearing and she basically makes readers feel like they are the only sound in the room. She follows her listening with such great feedback.

So, I feel lucky that the "big" boss, my boss' boss said casually during a conference call that the reason they chose me was because of a sentence I said during that last interview, which he repeated verbatim: "I like to wreak order from chaos."

He works in pharma, but I bet one of his personal passions must be reading. I had been wondering why they hired me when I didn't know their software, systems or therapeutic areas. I still think they could have found someone better in those ways than me. But, sometimes, I guess, even corporate America still makes decisions based on things other than keywords.

Who knew?

12-11-2012, 06:15 AM	#9498
Reader Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Butch, Dyke, Feminist, Contrarian Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Single Join Date: May 2011 Location: New Jersey, The Garden State Posts: 732 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,308 Thanked 2,229 Times in 586 Posts Rep Power: 0	I recently got a job that I feel woefully under-qualified for. The place is way bigger and more professional, as well as more highly regarded in the industry, than my last place, the place they hired me out of. You can see the post here > http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/foru...887#post695887 < about my last (3rd) long interview just before they offered me the job, if you care to read it. Occasionally, one gets to find out the answer to something that they usually would never find out. I found out what it was about me that made them hire me. It was a sentence I said during my 3rd grueling interview. Usually, I imagine that no one pays attention to individual sentences like I do. I love writers and good writing. I am an exceptional reader, hence my screen name, not because of the volume of reading that I do, but because of the quality of my reading and the attention I give to things I read, especially those things I like. It's like being a good listener. I know a woman who is absolutely the best "listener" for readers who share their own work with her. She is a retired English teacher and she did the same thing with her 7th grade students when they read their poems and creative writing pieces to the class aloud. She gets comfortable and then she closes her eyes and appears to be drinking in the sounds of the reading. She tilts her head as if to fine tune her hearing and she basically makes readers feel like they are the only sound in the room. She follows her listening with such great feedback. So, I feel lucky that the "big" boss, my boss' boss said casually during a conference call that the reason they chose me was because of a sentence I said during that last interview, which he repeated verbatim: "I like to wreak order from chaos." He works in pharma, but I bet one of his personal passions must be reading. I had been wondering why they hired me when I didn't know their software, systems or therapeutic areas. I still think they could have found someone better in those ways than me. But, sometimes, I guess, even corporate America still makes decisions based on things other than keywords. Who knew?