About a week before I got canned, I received an email and a phone call from some company in Ville St-Laurent. Seems that they had seen my CV on Monster.ca and wanted to talk to me. I have one CV that has been seen 11 times in 2 and a half years. I couldn't imagine what they could be interested in. Besides, they seem to be involved in the insurance industry, which is far from video games. In any case, I ended up calling back a couple of days ago. They called back that very afternoon with an actual phone interview (all in French, no less) and now I have a face-to-face interview on Monday.
I wish I could say that I was happy about this, but the HR guy was vague about which position(s) I was being considered for. I barely know what the company does other than work in and around the insurance industry. And it's a pain to get there. AND the whole process may last four hours. Which implies bad things to me. If this is the case, then they probabaly will hire on the spot. This makes me suspicious. What kind of crappy job is this that hired a person like that? Herbalife rep? Door to door salesmen? Another red flag is that there will be tests to fill out. I have never had a job where I had to complete a test, so I am wary. These types of jobs tend to be clerical in nature, which isn't me. I also don't want to do customer service, per se, either.
The only reason I'm even going is to find out more about what they are actually offering. I told them what I am looking for: project-based work, not inside sales. He did mention managerial training, so perhaps this is a step in the right direction. And of course, if the price is right, who knows? So I'll bring an updated CV and some references and find out.
But I have some serious doubts.
