INTERVIEW!!!!

We had our interview this afternoon with the OSU Peace Corps representative. Totally NOT what we expected. The interviewer went down a formal list of questions mostly asking about our adaptability to a new environment (i.e.- any concerns about foods you will eat?), wrote down our answers and really did not engage either of us in conversation. Believe it or not the question “Why do you want to join the Peace Corps” didn’t even come up! Now, I know we have answered this on paper (a few times), but it would have been nice to share our reasons for wanting to go and why we think we’re good PC candidates in person. We are chalking it up to the fact that the dude’s personality was a little dry, and, we think we have enough good stuff on paper through our applications and other questions we had to turn in that they are only using the interview to check for red flags at this point. Ultimately, our recruiter in Chicago will be the one to nominate us and when Chris spoke to her last week, she seemed very enthusiastic about us. We don’t think we said anything to the interviewer that would have changed that. But man, it would have been nice to talk to someone with a little more energy and personality!...Next step: send back in our skill addendums and background check docs. We were told today that about a week to 10 days after we send it in, we will find out if we are nominated to serve which means we will probably have news before Thanksgiving!!!!