Why I am NOT getting the position of student advisor at the Saudi Embassy
Location: The Saudi Consulate-Canada
Time: 10 am
Weather: pouring rain
Transportation: 2 buses and 10 minutes of walking down the highway in the pouring rain with cars spalshing along merrily
lily: me:P
sec: white security dude
Cutie: cute intern or something
Int1: interveiwer one
Int2: interview two
Lily : *walks into the consulte and grins at the sec* "Hi honey" *walks through the metal detector thingy*
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
Lily : *laughs* "Sorry sorry"*puts her bag and necklace on the counter and tries agian*
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
Lily : *frowns* "I dont have anything else thats metal..."
Sec : *emotionaless* "Empty your pockets please"
Lily: "I am wearing a club manoco ensemble, I have no pockets babe" *taps her sides"
sec : *looks her over*
Lily: *grabs her breasts* "my bra I think has metal wiring...
Sec: *looks startled and just hands her the stuff*
Lily: *walks into the reception and sees that everyone was staring at her*
Lily: *smiles* "gooood morning!"
Crowd : *silence and a few glares from some hot chicks*
Lily : *shrugs and sets down her wet umberlla on the hardwood floor and wonders around the reception looking intently at the flower arrangements*
Cutie: *looks around the reception and calls out* "Madam Lily?"
Lily: *keeps staring and smiles* "That would be me handsome"
Cutie: *looks flustered and replys solemnly* "This way please"
--->Up a spiral hardwood stare case, into a bunch of offices with very pretty receptionists through another hardwood door through mazes of cubicles into an orante room with two very arab looking dudes in expensive suits
Lily: *100 watt smiles* "Good morning GentalMen, Salam Allikum"
Int1 : *remiains setting* "Wa allikum, please come in"
Lily: *walks in and towards the chair in the front of the huge desk and smiles at int2* "Hi"
Int2: *nods and looks away*
Int1: *Shuffles through my resume and papers* "So who do you know in the consult?"
Lily: *lifts an eyebrow* "No one"
Int1: "How did you know about the job opening then?"
Lily: "It was posted online in the Citizen, and I just sent my resume to the email provided"
Int1: *looked suprised and looks through my papers agian* "Intersting.."
Lily: *looks at the Int2*
Int2: *looks away with disgust*
Lily: *tries to hold back laughter*
Int1: "tell me lily why do you want this job?"
Lily: *shifts in her chair*"Well, it looked intersting and I am looking for fulltime employment over the summer and I feel..."
Int1: "Ok ok, what are you studying?"
Lily: *blinks* "I ah, just finished a Bsc. in Neuroscience, with minors in Stats and Math at ..."
Int1: "Ok ok, what languages do you speak?"
Lily: *thrown off from the second interupption* "I ah, speak english, arabic and french"
Int1:" Why arent you speaking arabic now?"
Lily: "You are speaking english to me so why would I reply in arabic?"
Int1: "where are you from Lily?"
Lily: *bewildered a bit* "I am ethnically iraqi, born in Kuwait, raised mainly in glasgow and canada"
Int1: "So you have an iraqi passport?"
Lily: *is genuniely confused* "No I dont"
Int1: "Why not? Where you born here?"
Lily: "No I was born in Kuwait but I am just Canadian"
Int1: "Ok ok, where in Iraq are you from?"
Lily: *thinks he is on crack* "My family is from Basra"
Int1:"Are you muslim?"
Lily: *wonders if he is really high on something or just being an ass. gesturing at my scarf and attire* "Yea I am"
Int1: "So you are shia?"
Lily: *taken aback, bursts out laughing* "Yea actually I am, does it matter?"
Int1: *looks suprised from my tone* "No no of course not"
Lily: *grins openly at int1*
Int1: *clears his throat*"What makes you qaulified for this job?"
Lily: "I have strong background in student relationships, and coming from an ethnically and culturally diverse background, I feel that I can.."
Int1: "Ok ok, what are you going to do in the fall?"
Lily:*getting agitated from the interupptions* "I am doing a masters in Neuro "
Int1: "Why?"
Lily: *takes a deep breath *"because that is what I need to do in order to become a professor"
Int1:"ah ok, so thats what you want to do? teach?"
Lily: "Yea maybe Im not sure, I don't do ten year plans.."
Int1: "Why not?"
Lily: *needs an asprin* "ah cause I am not that type of person.."
int1: "What type of person are you?"
Lily: *frowns*" I am easy going and I like not planning every minute of my life"
Int1:*not even listening* "How much do you think your getting paid?"
Lily: *not even trying to follow his train of thought* "I honestly have no idea"
Int1:"What do you expect?"
Lily: "I dont know, I have never been employed at a consult before"
and on went the interview, madness following madness..Needless to say this is the most intersting interveiw I have ever been on..
--That was two weeks ago, and they havent called to give me the position..I am holding my breath:P
Stay employed my lovelys
