13 people, are you sure it's an interview and not an intervention?

Haha! That's a dang good question. I guess I will find out here shortly. :)

In fact there are only 9 people in total there. They pulled 4 random people off the street. Good luck, hope all goes well.

Haha! Looks like 2 backed out as I ended up talking to only 11 people.

I have to say, I think all in all, it went pretty dang good. I feel pretty good about how the whole thing went, didn't really stumble on any of the questions except for one, but, ended up answering it in a very round about way.

Definitely some kick ass facilities there. Wow. The view from the cafeteria is one of the best I've ever seen. Some serious talent walk the halls there for sure and it would be pretty cool to be able to work them. Hopefully I will get some good news here real soon.

awesome jedi!!

I have to say it was kind of intimidating while I was waiting in the lobby with a life sized Boba Fett near where I was sitting and Darth Vader not too far from him. :D

Sounds like it went well, best of luck.

I definitely felt good about it for sure. Thank you!

Good luck!

Thanks Kodos!

Good luck JK

Thank you Jon! Hopefully I will have some good news to share sooner than later.

Congrats on the interview and good luck :D

SI

Thank you SI!

Funny...now Apple is calling me back for a job. Haha!

When it rains it pours? ;)

Good luck!

/tk

No kidding, haha.

Thank you :)

awesome JK!

Crazy last couple of days I do have to admit. The manager I spoke with at Apple says he wants to bring me on the team, but, he's still waiting for the req to get approved.

You don't even need to interview?

Excellent :)

SI

awesome. same pay? pay raise?

i've noticed that the job-stuff happens in bunches. my dad is looking right now and it's all very...bunchy.

Great news JK. As for myself after months and months of no leads whatsoever I get 4 calls from people wanting resumes/interviews. I hope something comes through because I'm beyond desperate.

The 20 minute phone call I guess was the interview, haha! I think it helped that what I worked on previously at Apple is a lot of what they do and plus I already know the systems there too.


Oh yea! :D


Not sure about the pay, but, from my past experience with Apple, that was one of the last things finalized.

Bunchy. That is a very appropriate word for it indeed!


That's how I've felt for this last month and a half to be honest. It was nothing after saturating companies with my resume and now, it's all of a sudden phone calls and interviews. One of my biggest concerns is because what I do, I feel is rather niche, that it may be a few months before finding work again.

I hope one of those gets you back in the door soon man. You definitely have all of my best wishes and good luck and if I can help in anyway, I would be more than willing to help out.

Glad to see things are looking up for you, Jedi. In my own situation, my boss called me on Tuesday to say that she and a couple of other managers are trying to get me extended to the end of the year. Their basic argument is that it will cost more having writers need to field complaints about errors that would appear without my presence than it would cost to keep me around. It's not a done deal, but it's nice to know that there are people in the company fighting to keep me around.

Thanks Kodos! Hopefully, the powers that be, agree with your boss and those managers. That's awesome that you have a group of managers on your side that want to keep you there and that's never a bad thing. Especially until the end of the year. That gives you plenty of time to possibly find something else or time enough to change things where there is no longer an 'end' date there. :D

Well, looks like I have one more interview to do. This time with the director of the department. From the conversation that I had, it pretty much sounded like unless I ended being a complete moron during the interview, they want to expedite the hiring process for THE job that I want.

Sounded like they wanted to get the interview done pretty soon too, so hopefully, maybe, by the end of the week, I will know if I'm hired or not.

Excellent, excellent news :D

SI

Yes it is for sure and hopefully more good news to follow soon.

good luck!

Wow that's awesome news. Good luck on what is hopefully the final interview en route to a new job. :)

/tk

Thank you Flasch!


It is good news! Thank you and yes, hopefully it will be the final interview. These guys have worn me out, haha, but it will be worth it.

Good luck with the interview.

Thank you EF!

Awesome! Good luck JediKooter!!

Thank you DC!

Alrighty! Job offer should be sometime later today! I spoke with the recruiter and he said that they are just finalizing the details of the offer with the hiring manager and should hear something soon.

awesome!!!

Yes indeed! Now I have to look into finding a new place to live that will be closer to work, which I'm not looking forward to, but, all things considered, I'm not complaining. :)

so this isn't the apple job right, but the ILM job?

that'd be sweet!

Correct, it is the ILM job. George Lucas will be my new boss after I sign all the paper work, haha!

can you kidney-punch him for the stillborn fetuses that were the prequels?

haha

Haha! No... ;)

If it's any consolation, when I was there for my interview, after the interview they took my on a tour of the facilities and in one of the areas they have some props, next to the Han Solo in carbonite, there is Jar Jar Binks in carbonite.

That was fast, they already called me back. They want me to start on the 19th.

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, a lot of people's dream job! Congrats, sooo happy for you!!!

Thank you! Yes, that's what's making it kind of crazy. I will now have worked at two places that people are crazy about (in their own unique way) to get in the doors. But, I'm still staying reserved until I dot every i and lower case j.

i'll say it over here, just in case you end up with work-friends on facebook:

HOORAY!!! NOW WE (FOFC) HAVE INFILTRATED SKYWALKER RANCH!!! ILM HEADQUARTERS...THE EPICENTER OF SCI-FI GEEKDOM!!!

Great news! Congratulations!

Haha! I won't be at the ranch, but, I will be at the Presido facility. From the looks of it, I will be doing QA for ILM, Lucas Arts, Lucas Entertainment and Lucas Animation. Not 100% positive about the last one because that is mostly based in Singapore from my understanding.


Thank you Kodos!