Job interviews are very few and far between and I've seriously messed up. I was offered an interview for early tomorrow morning but was so focused on doing my corrections I read the letter and put it aside. This afternoon I returned to the letter and part of the interview entailed getting stuff of the internet to bring to interview and as I was doing this my internet went down, which never happens! Eventually it got working again and I was also required to take copies of a number of things for interview and the first page printed out OK and then it ran out of ink! Not a problem as I have an extra cartridge and went to use it but the other cartridge is jammed in the machine and I simply cannot get it out and boy have I tried!!!

Quite obviously some of this stuff is needed for interview and at this late hour there's nothing I can do about it so should I,

Ring first thing tomorrow and say I was very sick overnight and much to my regret I can't attend as I can't shake off the bug

Ring and tell the truth, even though it sounds like a lame excuse. I'd imagine they wouldn't be sympathetic to my lack of organisation (again this is very, very unlike me) and even if they saw the funny side I wouldn't have time to make it to interview.

Just learn from the experience and just don't contact them.

Any other suggestions?

DO go to the interview. DO NOT fail to turn up.

You never know, maybe if you perform well despite having made a couple of pre-interview errors they will give you extra credit for redeeming yourself.

But DO go. And maybe get someone else to try the printer. Or could you stop at an internet cafe en route?

Good luck :)

Thanks to the both of you. Better to try, even if I feel :$ and at least they'll know I'm sincere and cared enough to attend. I'll set my alarm clock for a very early hour and try to print elsewhere. If I can't I'll do as StrawberryGirl has suggested. Thanks again!

Just wishing you luck on the interview!

When you get the job, this will be the funny "and I almost didn't go" story!

Thanks all. Leaving now to try and access a printer before the interview. Strangely enough, I'd a terrible nights sleep...

Thanks all. Leaving now to try and access a printer before the interview. Strangely enough, I'd a terrible nights sleep...

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Only seeing this now Delta, you poor thing, I can only imgaine
what you went through. You probably have left by now but
would it be an option to bring your laptop and show them on screen
the material you accessed and maybe importantly how you accessed
it?

BEST OF LUCK (up)

Hi Ady and everyone, got the stuff printed via a family member early this morning, arrived with a few minutes to spare (as I went to the wrong place!). The start of the interview was very promising and then I seriously messed it up:$ I could see I shocked them at one point and I shocked myself. I left the interview and nearly got wiped out by a lorry because I was so busy going back over what I should have said and shouldn't have said. I've a horrible feeling it's going to be one of those weeks:$:-( In fairness, if it was based on effort I'd get the job because everything was going against me even reaching interview :-s

Oh and they're conducting interviews into next week. I feel like a needle in a haystack!!!

Yikes! Sorry to hear things went so awry.

Just a thought: job hunting "experts" recommend interviewing as much as possible just for the practice, even if you're not at all interested in a job. In your situation, is it possible to apply for a couple easy jobs and use those interviews as practice for THE JOB interview? (Sure, it's a little unethical to waste someone's time, but I don't know how else you can practice.)

That's actually a really good suggestion so many thanks. I would take any job and apply for what I want from there. I am very bad at interviews as I view them as a real pressure and under pressure I most definitely engage my mouth well before my brain.

That's actually a really good suggestion so many thanks. I would take any job and apply for what I want from there. I am very bad at interviews as I view them as a real pressure and under pressure I most definitely engage my mouth well before my brain.

As expected, I didn't get the job. Their loss will be someone else's gain...eventually:p

Sorry to hear that Delta. I hate interviews too. Think I get too nervous, plus I'm not very good at bigging myself up so I end up being really vague and talking myself out jobs I'm qualified for on paper! Fingers crossed for the next one.