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   I got invited to have a phone interview with a suburb of Seattle for a Cultural Arts Administrator position. Finally, success! I hope for the best and expect nothing, but I'm proud to have finally gotten an out-of-state interview. The fact that they are giving me the time of day means that I must have done something right and impressed them. Considering there are a million people in Seattle with an art background and I am at least a primary candidate is something to be joyful about. This was the confidence boost I needed. And the best thing is that the position is something I could actually do and would be amazing at. I legitimately would be a great fit for it.

My head is a little foggy right now from the "skills" test I just took for a job with the Victory Garden Initiative. It was way more intense than I was expecting, and it was really a lot to ask for in an hour. She told me I would be tested on Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets, and Canva; so that's what I studied. Well, instead of being tested on those things, I was asked to develop a fundraiser start to finish, including planning a budget and creating marketing material, using those programs. That is an insane amount to ask for in an hour. I got the feeling that the Executive Director is a little controlling from the phone interview and by the fact that she tried adding me on Facebook. Now, I'm almost sure of it. I know that this is her business, so she is deeply invested in who she hires and how good their work is; but this is the type of interview process I would expect from a giant company, not a small nonprofit. It's almost as bad as the 4-hour long interview...