The first interview of the year

I had my first job interview today.  It was with a company that wants to build a geothermal power station about an hour South of Munich.  The interview was at two o'clock which meant I had to attend  my German classes in der anzug (suit) as I didn't think there was enough time for me to get home and change prior to the interview.  It turns out I was wrong.

I left that morning wearing my suit, grabbing an umbrella on the way out because fronting up to an interview for a project management position looking like a drowned rat would not exactly sell my skills in forward planning and risk assessment.  As I left the apartment I realised that I did not have the address for the interview written down but, being the modern, technically astute individual that I am I was not particularly worried.  I had my iPhone with me so i could access my email and google maps from a wifi hotspot that I knew, conveniently close to my German class.  The class went by as usual.  I received the obvious questions about the suit and Harri the Finn, Beelzebub incarnate recommended having a few beers with him before the interview to settle my nerves.  I talked him into having a coffee instead.  This is where things started to go amiss.  The hotspot which had worked perfectly on previous occasions refused to cooperate.  Kein problem, resort to 3G and increase Telstra's first quarter earnings by 2%.  No deal Telstra and I weren't on speaking terms any more.

This is when I found out that I could get back to the flat, boot up my laptop, confirm the address, load the U bahn itinerary onto the iPhone, catch the said U Zug and get to the interview with seconds to spare.  It will be handy to know, if I ever get the position, that I can make it door to door in a little under half an hour.  The interview went well, at least it did for me.  I was very interested to hear what they were doing and how they planned to implement it. We parted with a definite assurance that there may or may not be another interview.  I had previously had a phone interview with this company back in October last year and now I know there schedule I don't think they will be rushing into committing to anything just yet.  I do expect to hear from them one way or the other but I don't think it will be in the next couple of weeks.