I Can Sell Ice to an Eskimo

As you may know, I am on the job hunt at the moment. Not easy, but the Lord is teaching me a lot through it. I had an interview on Tuesday through a career college for a job involving admissions.

I show up and there are 4 other women there with the same interview time and for the same position. Hello!! It is now a group interview! Never done one of those. So my heart palpatations...which were normal...then went on a little sprint.

There were 2 older, black ladies...which were both really nice and enjoyable to talk to. An older, white lady and another girl who was about my age. "Ok, Karis, you can do this," I thought to myself. I was wearing my Calvin Clein black career dress and my nude pumps, so that certainly was a helpful boost of confidence.

Our potential boss was the only one interviewing us, and he seemed to be very knowledgeable and experienced in his line of work. He was intimidating, but I have to say that is good for me...that's when I'm pushed to excell more when under pressure.

He proceded to describe in detail the job and expectations. In sum, it was a sales job with a tiny portion of counseling. "Ok," I'm thinking, "I'm not exactly the sales person type, but I think I could do this job." He asked us 4-5 questions and we all had a minute each to answer...however, most took more over that 1 minute.

The funniest part of the night to me was the older, white lady. She had the voice of a 10+ year smoker and thought she was the world's greatest sales lady. I thought she was very nice and fun to listen to, but when she was asked why she thought she'd be good for the job she responded..."I can sell ice to an eskimo! I am an awesome sales person and can sell anything to anyone! You want 200 calls a day...boom! You got 400 calls a day from me!" Let's just say I had to really focus on what contortions I was turning my face into at that moment.

Oh but the sad part of the interview came right at the end. "If you were the manager and had to chose one of you here for the job, not yourself, who would it be?"

Every one of the other ladies was chosen with a good reason why....besides me.

But, it's ok, I know I'm not exactly a sure fit for sales. I'm too nicey nicey. It was a great learning experience though!