Lynn Twiss

Monday has come and just about went. That means: I didn’t get the opportunity for the second interview at Dark Horse Press (Comics). I was told that I was the second interviewee of 12, and they would call me either Friday or Monday for an interview with the VP of New Product Development. My little cellphone, which I’ve been eye-stalking all day in anticipation, hasn’t rang with a 503 area code at all. [pout]

I must say the interview was a hard push. The lady interviewing me was obviously very pressed for time with her leaving for Germany last week, and it showed. When I walked into the interview she only then began reading my resume and cover letter. It took me about 5 minutes to even get her to give me eye-contact and then it only came after I mentioned how good an idea I thought the mutual contract between Harlequin Romance Novels and Dark Horse’s Shojo Manga line was (She smiled, gave me full eye contact and said: “That was my idea.”) After that, eye-contact was far more common and I did make her smile often. I wish their job description would have been more complete, because the position was very heavy for trade show promotion, and while I have lots of experience with that field, my resume was tailored more for ‘marketing and coordination’, which their job description seemed to imply was what they sought. She mentioned that she used to work for Gerber knives and I threw out that Benchmade had made an offer for my employment before my promotion to Montana, but I don’t think that did much for me.

I do feel I botched a question that should have been an easy answer. I didn’t want to walk into the interview seeming a doting fan boy, so I tried hard to mention current DH distribution deals, but not over push my knowledge. When she asked me what my ideal job was, I unfortunately took a more ‘reserved approach’. I answered that what I had been doing over the past few years was exactly the kind of work I loved (Press Release writing, Trade Show organization, complete design accretion, web work etc.) but that I missed being a part of a creative team that both challenged and fostered my gained skills. I assumed she’d read me as saying: This job (Dark Horse) is my dream job. I guess she didn’t. I’ll remember next time that it is ok to let the fan boy loose a little bit.

I’ve got tons of resumes out currently looking for employment, so hopefully something else comes along, but Dark Horse has faded back into just a little boys dream. (I could possibly blame not getting the job on Jesus. You see, my parents came here a week back and prayed ON me to NOT get the job at [what they called] ‘Satan’s Horse’. I’m seriously NOT making that up. So, I can blame it on the interview being blasé, or God.)