I decided to tease my manager about it, by saying that Sharky was his man-crush and boyfriend. I did it again yesterday when my manager looked at a prospective candidate's photo on LinkedIn, and decided to paint a picture of how tall he is, how much he weighs, and more. He even told me that he is hairy.
"Are you developing another man-crush? First it was George over there, and now it's this new hairy fellow?" I teased.My pointing out his boyfriends makes my manager immediately stop talking about them. It's good.
"Okay, stop," he said.
"Stop what? It's all true!"
The other day, I decided to look for some freelancing work that I can do on the side. I decided to try one out where you write short articles.
I first got a written interview through e-mail. It consisted of answering a set of questions in a Word document. It was about my education, my degrees, what I do for a living, and a few other areas. Based on my answers, if they were satisfactory, I'd go on to the next stage.
Sure enough, I made it. The next phase was a test assignment. This work consisted of reading a given article, and arguing for or against what the author was conveying.
The topic? Religion. Yes, it was about God. The article was philosophical.
First, I studied a number of philosophers in my last year of high school. I did not enjoy it. Second, I am not a heavily religious person. So, I felt that I was doomed trying to write a three-page test assignment.
However, I am a pretty logical person. I am good at stating my case and backing it up with examples. I did exactly that.
The assignment is due on Friday night. I sent it off on Thursday night. It has references and a bibliography, too.
My view is that if this prospective employer passes on me, I will be okay. At least I did everything I could. It will also be this employer's loss, as I still managed to turn in a high-quality, thoughtful piece in which the topic did not do much for me. However, I gave it my best job. I'm good with that fact.
My guy has always encouraged me to take on some part-time work that involves writing, because it's what I love. He has even encouraged me to have a side business of reviewing and editing people's essays and theses. Perhaps I should try this endeavour should I not get this freelancing gig.
That is an odd topic as a test assignment, CB. Hope you get the gig, if that's what you want. I think you would be great at editing and reviewing essays, theses as well as other business materials.
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I felt the same way about the topic, Cat. It's not my forte, but I did my best, which sits well with me.
DeleteThanks for your vote of confidence. I am hoping to do something a bit different with this gig, should I get it. It would be a nice change. =)
Good post. I wonder if the topic was to see how well it would be written or to see how well the answer would blend in with other answers.
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DeleteI can only speculate that the topic was chosen to determine whether prospective candidates can write about a topic that can be controversial and perhaps unpopular. On a good note, I am glad that I completed this test. I can only hope that I am chosen to work with this company.