Rant #3,641: Goody Goody Gumdrops

Today is my son's interview.

Let's hope I can keep this happy streak going.

As long as he has a fair interview. I will be satisfied.

As per the way these things happen, they aren't going to tell him right away if he has or doesn't have the job, so as long as it is a fair interview, that is great.

It all makes me flash back to my own varying interview experience, where I had some less- than-memorable situations.

I had one, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, where an interviewer with one of the New York City tabloids literally told me that he was under pressure to hire women and minorities, and that he was sorry, "but if I was a black woman, he would hire me in a minute."

Another less-than-,memorable interview I had was with Playboy Magazine. It was during this same time period, and the magazine was hiring women not as secretaries, but as possible lower-level executives.

I went to the interview--which you had to ne recommended for--and as I sat to wait to be called, I notice that one girl after another walked in--

But no other guys, except for me.

I was the token male, and there was absolutely no way they were going to hire me.

Another time, I went in for an interview,  into Manhattan, and the guy who was supposed to interview me said, without knowing that I was sitting right there, that he was too busy to do an interview. He told his secretary to get rid of me.

You can imagine how I felt!

I refused to leave until I was paid my transportation costs and for my wasted time, and mind you, this was for an interview that was made at least a week.or so earlier, so if the guy was too busy, he should have called me and rescheduled.

And yes, they gave me my money and I never heard from them again.

I had some other crazy interviews--one supposedly a one-on-one interview that turned into a group interview, another just a few hours after my daughter was born, with me coming straight from the hospital and not having slept, showered or changed my clothes in about 36 hours--

But I just want my son to have a fair interview, and I think we will both be satisfied, any way it goes.

So let's all keep pur fingers crossed.

And did you see the podcast I was on? Any thoughts?

Have a good weekend, and I will speak to you again on Monday--

Regardless of whether I have good news, bad news, or something in between.