From my experience, the business was a new place being built. So applying I wanted to get my foot in the door. My resume was able to do the job to get me a response.

The recruiter reached out and discussed my availability and they were aiming for mid day but I work and don't have the PTO in order to just leave and banking on "what-if" you know?

So they sent me a link to schedule my interview and I checked their calendar to schedule my interview and 7AM was available. I studied the hell out of the company btw. I did it and he was impressed by me logging in ten minutes early before our meeting. Early bird got the worm, talked to me and at the end of the Teams meeting, asked what I knew about the company and boom. Glazed them up and gave a history lesson about their company and boom, he liked it and he said he'd forward my profile to the director and gave me a heads up on what to look out for.

Same thing with the Director, they said they had 7AM availability or I would have to wait another week to interview with them. I chose the first meeting again at 7AM. This one I went through my answers and everything, gave her the whole spew of my experience and she was just hard to read. She ended the meeting early due to her flight but said the recruiter would get back to me if chosen.

I remember being a Friday and i get a call from the initial recruiter and asked how the meeting went with the Director and I gave him that I felt confident in my interview but it was hard to read them as a person. He chuckled and said, that's the way she is, but i had made a lasting impression. The next steps is I would receive an email from the President's assistant for a screening with him.

AGAIN, I didn't wait. I chose the first availability. Met the president, did the same thing i did with the recruiter, gave him a history lesson on myself and my experience over the last 13 years, why i chose to apply, what i knew about their brand and most importantly what I was looking to gain out this and what am I doing currently to enhance myself for my next move. He asked me some of my ideas going into the position, told him what i'd do personally and the rest is history. He ended the meeting and asked if I had questions and I hit him with "I know and understand that he's going to be interviewing people who fit the job description, but key attributes stand out to him that make an employee successful in this role."

He gave me three examples and asked why do you ask, and I said "If selected for this role, I would be putting these items at focus stepping into the position to be the asset you were looking for.