The Final Interview

I was going through my final interview with a company and had a series of interviews scheduled with a few people. My 2nd to last interview was with an HR person. Afterwards, she directed me back to the lobby, thinking I was her final interview.

Once I was in the lobby, I figured out that she made a mistake but I could not go back by myself due to security. So I took out the business cards I had received so far and started calling people, politely letting them know that I had accidentally found my way to the lobby and asked if they could help me get to my final interview.

I guess they did that on purpose, my last interview was a room full of all the people I had just talked to previously. I guess they wanted to see how I reacted under a situation where I needed to hunt people down to get the job done or something, and they were impressed with my initiative. They said most people just flat-out leave and hope for the best, and the ones who don’t end up taking 15-20 minutes to call. I got an offer on the spot since I immediately called people to get the job done. It felt good.