I guess I should tell you how it went
The interview last Thursday. It went well I suppose.
I was warned that I would be quesitoned regarding my knowledge of large sized presses and layouts for these types of presses. Which is nil. I don’t have any knowledge other than what I learned in school. And to be honest, in my professional opinion, it says so on my bloody resume. That I graudated in school in 2005, and since then, the only printing place I worked at was an envelope printing company, which generally does not contain working with many large presses or with their layouts.
At the same time, I kept making these notes about how I learned this stuff they want me to know, in school, and while it’s been a few years, it’s something I would have to learn on the job, just like everyone else they interview unless they plan on only hiring people who have surprisingly already been working there.
Granted, I was hired at the same envelope company twice, so I guess that might actually be a consideration for them!
But yes, a part that frustrates me is when a company has these ideas of who they want to hire, read everyone’s resume, then bring in people that obviously don’t meet their crietria. Oh how many times did I meet with companies fresh out of college, who demanded three to five years of experience.
I think at one point I even asked “You can plainly see I just graduated from school on my resume as well as my cover letter, why are you asking if I have five years of experience when I spent the last four years in school??”
They didn’t hire me 
