Lots of job offers

Posted by Jim on November 27th, 2008 filed in Uncategorized

A few days later and I seem to have converted two job interviews into two job offers. So my current interview to offer rate is around 71% Not bad! I’ve practically handed in my notice (basically I just mentioned that I have offers and will be accepting one.)

Not 100% on which offer I’ll take. One is programming, which is what I want to do; however, it doesn’t pay that much (for a programming job) and would require me to relocate (and pay rent!) I was told on the phone that I had a very well on the interview and had exceptional assessment marks and that they really wanted me; so perhaps there is potential for a quick ascent within the company. To be fair, after a year with them I could be applying and getting jobs that pay £5-10k more; and they probably know this too!

The other is local so I can continue to sponge a free room for a while and get rich. The downside being it’s not an IT job, so I don’t get the magic of ‘experience’.

I am still at my current borefest for a few more days, so I can continue to post somewhat frequently. I then will have some days off, which probably means I won’t post here… I am still working on my ArrayList implementation, so I can get that finished soon (or not!) At the moment it is just a dynamic array, but I feel like using index list; which should give it some more speed… Or I could even make it use a tree architecture…

Second to last day at Tesco

Distinction!

Friday Interview Fun


8 Responses to “Lots of job offers”

  1. Katy Says:
    November 28th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    coding job!

    (filler text because apparently my comment was too short…)

  2. memo Says:
    November 29th, 2008 at 11:05 am

    the most important thing is to work what u like most

  3. Jim Says:
    November 29th, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Hehe, I think I will take it. My parents seem to want me to take the local job… but I want experience!!!

    Yeah, I have a comment character count on, stops a lot of crappy spam (not that I don’t let a lot of crud in anyway…)

  4. Wedding Abroad Says:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 8:46 am

    I have worked with so many companies but in the end I decided to go solo. Got to do what you like.

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  5. dyamour Says:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 11:52 am

    if u have an impressive CV u can get some good offers …too bad that sometimes u have to konw somebody to get a specific job

  6. forbrugslan Says:
    December 6th, 2008 at 2:39 am

    For first timers, choosing the job that is related to the degree that we finished is a good decision even the initial pay is not very big because we really need experience to hone our skills that we will use later on to demand for higher rate.

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  7. jo @ Sydney Spray Tan Says:
    December 12th, 2008 at 11:25 pm

    If the coding job is the one you really want, why not play them off? Tell them you really want to work for them, but you hae received several offers and are still considering them all. Ask them if there is anything they could do to help you make up your mind to work for them. ;)

    Just an idea.

    Good luck.

  8. zypher Says:
    December 15th, 2008 at 8:29 am

    your lucky you can find any entry level opportunities in the information technology field. I just graduated specializing in IT-Service and Networking, and there’s nothing around here… I really should’ve looked into it first…

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