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Hi guys!
So, yesterday I had a job interview for a PA position, and they want me to come for a follow-up interview tomorrow to meet some different people in the company to see if they like me.
Yesterday I had no idea what I was going in for - I'd applied for a factory manual labour job at the same company and was offered the PA interview instead based on my CV. So I went very safe - wore a plain black suit jacket and trousers, plain black smart top, hair in a neat bun and minimal make-up. However, during the interview I learned:
So, yesterday I had a job interview for a PA position, and they want me to come for a follow-up interview tomorrow to meet some different people in the company to see if they like me.
Yesterday I had no idea what I was going in for - I'd applied for a factory manual labour job at the same company and was offered the PA interview instead based on my CV. So I went very safe - wore a plain black suit jacket and trousers, plain black smart top, hair in a neat bun and minimal make-up. However, during the interview I learned:
- This is not a traditional PA position and they have turned away several experienced PAs for being too "stuffy and traditional".
- The company is made up almost entirely of creative types who want a PA who can juggle varied, unpredictable work, offer creative input, take part in some of the creative work directly and also help keep the fluffy arteests organised.
- The company is branding itself as artisan-quality, but as quirky and modern and fun, and they are trying to take on staff who can do the job while also representing the company brand.
- I was offered the first interview because of the writing portfolio on my CV, and impressed during the interview by demonstrating out-of-the-box thinking.
- An elegantly-shaped, knee-length black dress with skull print, worn with my smart jacket.
- An office-appropriate but colourful purple tunic with tiny bird print, with trousers and my smart jacket.
- Same suit, but a colourful top.
- Plain trousers and top, but a more fun jacket (I have a dusky pink linen jacket with buttons all over the collar, a patchwork pinstripe jacket from Joe Browns or a soft jersey cover-up top in grey)
- Same suit, and another plain top like yesterday, but more fun makeup
- Exactly the same look I went with yesterday (play it safe)
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