Walgreens

After months and months of searching for a job that will cooperate with my school and softball schedules, I finally received a call back from Walgreens a couple of weeks ago. In my first interview, I was required to take a "test", that quizzed my personality, my social skills, my money skills, and my ability to be professional in the workplace. After finishing the test, the computer gave me a score report. Not understanding what any of the stats meant, I got the manager to look at it. She looked at me and said, "Wow." Fairly sure of myself, I took that one word as a good thing.

Within a couple of days, they called me again. I went in for a second interview, this time with the store manager - no computers, thank goodness. She asked me questions about what I like to do, what volunteer work I've done, how I do in school, etc. The hardest questions she asked were the ones that started with "Tell me about a time when...." These were hard because it was difficult to think of a time where it fit the exact criteria and was actually significant enough to impress the interviewer. After an agonizing hour of question and answer, the manager once again said, "Wow." After walking out the door, I wasn't so sure if that was good or bad.

After a couple days of waiting, I received another call. They asked me to come back for a third and final interview, this time with both the store manager and the district manager. This time was very intimidating. I was asked essentially the same things as the previous interview, with the general same answers, only this time I was stuttering, sweating, and probably shaking a little bit. I really needed this job, and this interview was make or break.

Just hours after the nerve-racking interview, my phone rang. A serious voice on the other end said, "is this Alexandra?" "Yes it is," I replied. After a pause, an excited woman shouted, "Congratulations! You really impressed both managers today! I am so excited to offer you a position with us! Would you like to accept?" Surprised and in shock, I could only say, "Of course."

And that is how I got my job.