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Kiwi: Love your blog, equally interested in you as a person.

Mango: I wouldn’t mind talking to you if you ever messaged me, but it’s not that big of a deal to me.

Strawberry: I wasn’t even aware I was following you. How did that happen?

oooh very cool. too bad school will probably prevent me from going :(

I’ve not faced this situation before, but I think you should go to the person who contacted you, thank them profusely for offering the interview, then explain that you don’t yet live in Dallas and ask v politely to do the interview by skype or phone

*checks* I assume you have no access to a vehicle to drive a 10 hour round trip on a weekday? There’s no harm in asking for a Skype or phone interview. Let them know your situation and if you’re gonna be in the area anytime soon, tell them about that

You got that correct-a-mundo; I have no vehicle to get there and back in a timely manner.

*snugs* It doesn’t hurt to try and contact again, after maybe a week or so. Just a message to tell them “So hey I’ve sent an application to you, hope you’ll check it out.” That’s worked for some people I know.

I may do that for a few jobs I have my eye on. There’s one I applied to for the the City of Austin about a month and a half ago that I haven’t heard back from. Although, from what I understand, the main supervisor for that library was out for some medical issue, and only got back recently? I’m not sure. My dad has a friend in Records who gave me a recommendation, and she told me that most government positions (local or state or nationwide) tend to take forever to respond in general, so even accounting for the absence, it could still be a while before I hear back about anything. She’s been keeping an eye on the situation as a favor to my dad, for which I am eternally grateful, believe you me.

In my experience, that’s generally how it goes. I applied to large companies that get hundreds of applications and most of them can’t be bothered to inform the rejects. A couple had automated ’ sorry you were not selected’ emails but most didn’t.