This week has been a very surprising week, full of very unexpected events.
The week started out like most weeks recently, doing things around the house , catching up on some TV, and surfing the web going through a load of new job specs, applying to the ones that fit with me.
On Tuesday, about 5 o'clock, just about when everyone's starting to think about leaving work, I came across a job spec for a recruitment role, recruiting people for gaming industry positions. The big difference with this position compared to all the rest was that the location of this position, as you can provably guess from the title, was in Brighton. Even though this was the case, Brighton isn't the furthest place in the world and I didn't know how likely it would be that I'd get it so I decided to apply.
Literally about 15 minutes later after sending off this application I got a call from the company who was offering the role, saying that they were really excited to speak to me after having read my CV and were even keener to get me down to their HQ and have me come interview for the role.
About an hour or so after this phone conversation occurred, I found myself online booking tickets to go down to Brighton two days later on Thursday.
Usually I'm the kind of person who likes to do a bit of prep work before going to important interviews and who also gets pretty nervous about going to interviews. In this case however there wasn't really much time for either of these things, which is good I guess on one hand and not so good on the other.
Thursday then rolls around, and after a kind of long journey, with some delayed trains and timing issues, I am in Brighton, sat in a conference room waiting for the guy to come in and start the interview. In the end I was there for just under three hours so I'll bypass the majority of what went on, however I quickly came to learn that the people there were actually extremely friendly, very honest, unusually forth coming (if you believe the recruiter stereotype) and went into a lot of depth about the job and what they'd expect from their ideal candidate.
Even though they were awesome guys, the company seemed like a great place to work at and it would be a gaming industry job, I left feeling slightly unsure.
Friday morning, I wake up, turn my phone on and discover a voicemail message saying the guys from Brighton would like to chat about my thought on the previous day.
To cut the story short, as I feel I am now starting to ramble, they were prepared to offer me the recruitment position at their company, however with some time to think and my head now clear, I unfortunately decided that I was not the best fit for that role, and would have to decline. The main reason being that even though I feel I could have learnt how to do a lot of the sales side of the job, I wouldn't have the instincts and approach to sales that they were looking for, and in a target driven, commission based role, that is pretty crucial.
The fact that the role was in Brighton was also a slight concern, however if I was sure about the role and certain that I could do it then that would have been a move I'd have been willing to make.
All in all, not your standard week, a great experience definitely and I got to meet some awesome people, plus I got to see some of Brighton. I wonder how next week will play out :)
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