Interview

I just came back from an interview with a small high-tech startup here in Sydney. They seem to be working on a really cool product and are just starting out. The whole team is made up of four people including the CEO, so they are TINY! This is exactly the environment that I am looking for.

I would love to get on with a firm that is just starting out. The challenges during the early stage are very different than what you would experience in a big company. You have to be creative, resourceful and be able to make magic happen!

The company is still interviewing other candidates, but I think that my meeting with them went pretty well. I have not done a technical interview in a LONG time, so a few questions did trip me up. The good thing is that they don't expect you to know everything. As long as you know where to look and how to look it up, that is sometimes enough.

I fared much better on the behavioral part of the interview. I've had to practice the answers to standard questions so many times for all the jobs that I had applied while working for the government. Well, I should hear something from the company by the end of next week. Wish me luck!