Week 8: The One with the Interview

7/18/16 – 7/22/16

I was out of the office last week for a family vacation. Now, back to work!

On Monday, I met up with Michelle Bryan to discuss a spreadsheet project. She wanted me to update her Lead Conversion Summary, the document that compiles all the information we need from the Cognos report that tells us how many buys we get from people who met us at trade shows. The spreadsheet was boring, but it was interesting to see how our trade show efforts directly translated into revenue. I also met with Cassie Demeter to discuss a new project in Umbraco to link certifications to the appropriate internal courses.

On Tuesday, I finished the Lead Conversion Summary for Michelle. I also met with Zane briefly to discuss the CDFs on the website to get some tweaks fixed. Finally, I worked on the IBM certs, which I am nearly finished with!

Wednesday was a very busy day! First, I worked on some certs as I was making serious headway on that long project. Then, I was charged with an urgent assignment from Dave, the VP. He asked me to prepare a few reports on the most recent flash promotion for him to use in his exec board meeting. I began working on them immediately and continued working on them for the rest of Wednesday.

Thursday was all about those reports. I spent most of the day running back and forth from Dave’s office tweaking, approving, and creating these reports. I loved Thursday because of the fast-paced work (as his meeting was at 11:30 that day) and because I got a lot of time working directly with the VP! I think I impressed him with my work. He loved the charts and said they went over very well in his meeting!

On Friday, I worked mostly on the new project from Cassie. I began linking certifications on our website to their corresponding courses. I also assessed my performance evaluation responses. I was extremely happy with the feedback. I will go into more detail in my paper, but I will report that I received an average 9.33 out of 10 in terms of overall performance.

This week also ended on another fantastic note. Friday, I was fortunate enough to have a lunch interview with Dave, the VP of Marketing. I learned so much about his time with the company, the company’s history, and received great advices from this seasoned veteran. Again, I will go into more detail in my paper.