I had my interview for a position as a snowboard instructor on Tuesday. It was a group interview, with two interviewers and 5 other interviewees, which was a new experience for me. Overall, I think the interview went well. I was pretty comfortable answering all the standard interview questions. They went around the tables and gave everyone a chance to answer each question, so it was interesting to hear what other people had to say. Some of the other interviewees had some neat answers I hadn't thought of and had very interesting backgrounds. One guy was a surfer and skateboarder from California, but looked very professional and said he had worked most of his life in construction (I think he was around 40).
The part of the interview that threw me for a loop was the very last thing the interviewers asked us to do. Each candidate had to teach the group something. The Californian went first and handed everyone a piece of paper. He then stood up and taught us how to make a paper airplane. He knocked that task out of the ball park. I went last because I was struggling to find something to teach the class that would engage them and demonstrate my teaching ability. I'm pretty sure I failed, though. All I could come up with was teaching them how to tie a knot, specifically an Eskimo bowline. I took off both my shoelaces, handed one to one of the other interviewees, then began demonstrating how to tie the knot. Only two people participated with me. Hopefully I did well enough during the rest of the interview to get a job.
I'll hear back from them the first week of October, so I'm crossing my fingers until then.
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