From November 1, 2010
Today's job interview didn't go that well. The owner of Jones Accounting Services interviewed me and had a list
of questions that she routinely asked all prospective employees and I doubt I
covered them very thoroughly -- in fact, she looked downright puzzled by some
of my answers, but at least I was honest.
She proceeded to ask that I take a QuickBooks proficiency test, which I am sure I also failed. It was a version I was not familiar with, nor familiar with WA state laws regarding sales tax in general. There are so many ways to get around things in QuickBooks, I really wasn't sure what she was asking for and some of it took a lot of looking around to find the sample company that I was supposed to be working with. I could have just created all the fictitious accounts on my own and taken it from there, but I don't think they would have appreciated it... think: Kobayashi Maru test.
She proceeded to ask that I take a QuickBooks proficiency test, which I am sure I also failed. It was a version I was not familiar with, nor familiar with WA state laws regarding sales tax in general. There are so many ways to get around things in QuickBooks, I really wasn't sure what she was asking for and some of it took a lot of looking around to find the sample company that I was supposed to be working with. I could have just created all the fictitious accounts on my own and taken it from there, but I don't think they would have appreciated it... think: Kobayashi Maru test.
Other things I couldn't
figure out how to do considering they were things I had never had to deal with
before (giving out employee bonuses, for example). All of these things
could easily been answered with a simple question during training and are not
problems I see as insurmountable and so I am a little surprised they would even
be part of an evaluation of skill. Maybe I was just too advanced for
their little test and couldn't see the
forest for the trees. But I doubt it.
I am in no way expecting to get this job because I believe they are looking for someone with a much stronger accounting background than I have. I am not cut out for what they want. I am worried because I have one week to come up with rent and not a penny to show for it. I have no income whatsoever and the bills are due this month, and it scares the heck out of me. I really don't want to have to resort to work as a CNA because that is such a difficult job for the low pay and I need a higher paying job to come even close to making ends meet.
I am tired and I'm tired of not sleeping. I need time to think about what I am doing and whether I am hurting the people I care most about in the process. My stresses have compounded so much recently that I have a tendency to bring people close to me down. This is the last thing I would ever, ever want to do to the people I care about. I don't want to hurt anyone. I want off the roller-coaster ride.
I am in no way expecting to get this job because I believe they are looking for someone with a much stronger accounting background than I have. I am not cut out for what they want. I am worried because I have one week to come up with rent and not a penny to show for it. I have no income whatsoever and the bills are due this month, and it scares the heck out of me. I really don't want to have to resort to work as a CNA because that is such a difficult job for the low pay and I need a higher paying job to come even close to making ends meet.
I am tired and I'm tired of not sleeping. I need time to think about what I am doing and whether I am hurting the people I care most about in the process. My stresses have compounded so much recently that I have a tendency to bring people close to me down. This is the last thing I would ever, ever want to do to the people I care about. I don't want to hurt anyone. I want off the roller-coaster ride.
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