Another job interview

So today I went to a job interview with American Express. A 155 year old company. The people were surprisingly young and dynamic though ;) They have great offices (not the typrical "worn out carpet, old non-flat computers and super large doors so their biggest employes get in too" american office). I was thrilled!I took the ferry over to Manhattan. It just takes 12 min. to cross the Hudson river. Unfortunately there was a traffic jam on the way to the ferry terminal. So I parked 10min away from the ferry. And I had to walk in high heels across a construction area. (autsch!) My black shoes were covered in dust and on the boat I realized I had forgotten my resume and the job description. Well the job description was stupid anyways... e.g. "Be able to demonstrate ten key skills with speed and accuracy." What does that mean? I don't think I have ten skills with speed an accuracy.Well, luckyli my fellow sufferer ("Leidensgenosse") Ursina explained to me that I needed to be able to describe my ten key skills with speed and not ten speed skills. Thank you Ursina!Too bad they closed the outside pool for this year. There is a day called Labor day, after labor day the summer is officiallly over. And because the summer is officialy over - you can't swimm outside anymore. No matter it has been 30 C every single day since the summer is over. Another big no-no is white clothes. Summer is over and in winter people wear beige!
So today I went to a job interview with American Express. A 155 year old company. The people were surprisingly young and dynamic though ;) They have great offices (not the typical "worn out carpet, old non-flat computers and super large doors so their biggest employees get in too" american office). I was thrilled!

I took the ferry over to Manhattan. It just takes 12 min. to cross the Hudson river. Unfortunately there was a traffic jam on the way to the ferry terminal. So I parked 10min away from the ferry. And I had to walk in high heels across a construction area. (autsch!) My black shoes were covered in dust and on the boat I realized I had forgotten my resume and the job description. Well the job description was stupid anyways... e.g. "Be able to demonstrate ten key skills with speed and accuracy." What does that mean? I don't think I have ten skills with speed an accuracy.

Well, luckily my fellow sufferer ("Leidensgenosse") Ursina explained to me that I needed to be able to describe my ten key skills with speed and not ten speed skills. Thank you Ursina!


Too bad they closed the outside pool for this year. There is a day called Labor day, after labor day the summer is officially over. And because the summer is officially over - you can't swim outside anymore. No matter it has been 30 C every single day since the summer is over. Another big no-no is white clothes. Summer is over and in winter people wear beige!