First Film Job Interview

I’ve ramped up the job search the past month or so and even signed up at a few temp places.  Money is low and I need to get back out there, so I figured I’d try the temp route and see where that led me.  After not being able to get arrested for months I finally landed a few of interviews.  The first one was set up through Friedman Agency for an assistant job with a production company.  I was pretty excited about it since I’d never interviewed for an industry job and also because the company seemed pretty cool.  The interview went OK but it was probably the shortest interview I’ve had in my life.  I think they pretty much had an assembly line of candidates for the day because my interview was mad short and when I left the next guy was already waiting.  Seriously they must have had dude scheduled for 2:15 and mine was at 2:00.  I was only in there like 12 minutes so he couldn’t have been 20 minutes early for a 2:30.

I also went on an interview at CAA, but it was in their Marketing department.  The job sucked, although at least it gave me some practice on my interviewing skills.

In addition to those I also landed three interviews on my own, but they weren’t industry related.  I didn’t get two of the jobs, but I’m in the running for the other.  I actually got a callback from Saatchi & Saatchi, but I really didn’t want the job so I didn’t set up an interview.  I could already see myself hating the job before I even stepped into the door for my first day.

As for the temp agencies, I sent my resume to 5-10 spots and I’ve interviewed at three of them.  I seriously can’t fathom taking another typing test or having to go through those damn Excel, Word, and PowerPoint exams either.  I haven’t used PowerPoint since I was at SC but I scored pretty well.  I scored in the 90’s for Excel and honestly I suck at Excel.  They really need to revamp those tests because I really shouldn’t have scored as high has I did.  If anyone asks me to set up macros or mail merge they’re going to be in for a rude awakening, regardless of what my scores say.

Anyway, that’s what I’ve been up to on the job tip.  As for writing, I’m churning out pages pretty rapidly. I’m working on an Entourage spec, a drama pilot, and my feature would be best classified as a thriller.  I’ve definitely been a lot more productive in 2006 and I think for once the whole resolution thing is actually working.  It’s as if Napolean Hill is whispering in my ear at night or something.  I’ll be back soon with better posts (hopefully).