Interview

Well, I promised to get some information about how my interview went so here I am. It wasn't that bad to be honest, though it was very intimidating. My interview panel was comprised of 6 people, the average here is 2-3 people. It could have been worse though, two of the guys where people I had met before and one of those was the individual who originally interviewed me when I joined the company. They had some interesting questions… like they asked if I would be ok in an office environment… I can actually see that being a problem for some people. They also asked things like, "Where did I feel I would have the most conflict if I were to be offered the position?" or "What would I do to help them deal with my lack of experience?" I did tell them upfront that I honestly was not interested in the position in Gillette, but I am still interested in the position in general. Gillette is just too far out in the middle of nowhere for my tastes, and honestly I was afraid it would make DH miserable.

I am currently in Vancouver, BC. It's kinda different I've only been to Canada once before, and then we came up to a specific reason (weekend away w/ DH). This time I'm up here for work reasons. We're looking at some of the bridges we have out here in this territory. The local supervisor has a handful since most of the bridges up here are wood and their quickly degrading in the salt water. I guess his steel ones are too, but he's more concerned with the wood bents. He's also got some REALLY long wood bridges, I believe one is over 148 spans long, granted their short spans since their wood, but still…. He's been up here a lot recently, a little over a month ago the government inspector (I think with Transport Canada or something like that) saw a report on a particular bridge and decided to take it out of service, on a Friday afternoon… the crews spent the whole weekend trying to get the bridge back in service. Lets just say the supervisor says he's lost a lot of sleep over that bridge. Maybe I'll get some pictures added when I get home. We'll see.