so just got back from my 2nd interview… wow they’re pretty thorough!  i was there for 3 1/2 hours.  they had me design a floor plan layout for a 5 bedroom / 2 bath dorm suite in an apartment building they are designing.  then i had to design a site layout & calculate how large of a building they could fit on the lot and how much parking was needed as well as draw the layout.  and if that wasn’t enough, they wanted me to interpret an email from an official at a building department about a building code issue they’re in a dispute over.

phew.  one the designers who i’d be working with was giving me these tasks & said she’ll be talking to her boss about how i did.  they’ll call me tomorrow with their decision.  i think i did well.  but as i was driving away i thought of a bunch of things i’d tweak if i had those layouts infront of me again.  thats just how it goes with design it’s just usually i come up with those changes after i’ve reviewed a printout so i can make the change before anyone sees it.  i sure hope they thought i did well because it would be a pretty exciting place to work.  the fast pace  would be a big switch for me – but a welcome one – and i looove that the job involves a bit of this & a bit of that.  -not just drafting.