So, had the interview with Pepsi Co. today at 9:30am. My interviewer was Amanda. She told me a little bit about herself, like they always do. She is from NC, and moved to Humboldt about 10 years ago I think she said. She says she loves working for Pepsi, and the pay and work is "awesome". She said the "Sales Rep" position is very challenging, and is entirely commission based, which is not what the ad or the phone interviewer said.

     She also said I would have to use my own vehicle, and would get paid at a rate of 56.5 cents/mile, which she said was "awesome". She said I could be working anywhere from 40 to 70 hours per week, depending. Summer is the busy time, and winter with the holidays are the slower times. She said I could earn as much as or up to 1500-3000 biweekly during the summer and as low as 800 biweekly in the winter. I was kind of disappointed to be quite honest, because the phone interviewer made it sound like I had an established number of accounts to maintain and around 50k/yr solid pay. The way this is starting to sound is more like a upper grade Schwans job. I guess the upside is it is just beverages, no food. I get paid more in commission for bottled beverages over plastic or cans, that is what she said.
    
     On to the official interview, she asked a total of 6 questions. It was a short interview by most interview standards that I have had, the piece of paper she was writing on had such small spaces for answers, it was kind of funny. She asked me questions like "did you ever have a time where a customer was not happy with a solution and you had to fix it?" or "did you ever have a time where a new or challenging issue came up that you were not familiar with and how did you handle it?" that kind of thing. I was able to answer them pretty easily, using my Computer Repair business as the model, fill in. It was a pretty easy interview, although I was not impressed with the pay, or type of work. I thought something was lacking or amiss. I suppose there might be room for advancement, or promotion, or lateral movement, but I just don't know. At this point I am feeling like there are better options out there.

     I have 2 more interviews that are for tomorrow, June 6th. One for Service Desk Technician for Umpqua at 11am (I am not sure how you pronounce that name) which is a much better fit for my skills/experience, and then an interview for Schwans at 2pm. I think everything else that I have looked at or applied for is a better bet then Schwans, but I don't know either. I am officially Scheduled for the Fiscal Assistant Clerk (Account Clerk I) which is scheduled for Wednesday June 16th at 8am. I feel like I need to study super duper hard on the exam to get my foot in the door for a county job.

     I went to the "Financial Basics I" class for the SBDC small business certificate of "Completion" yesterday. It is a total of 5 classes, and I now have 4 more to go. If I take them all, I can get the certification after taking the 5 classes. I registered for the next class "Start Up Basics" for next week, 6/12 at 6pm-8pm, that will be class number 2 of 5.

     I applied for "retail salesperson familiar with Quickbooks" on Craigslist - 6/5/13
     I also applied for "Detailer" at BMW of Humboldt Bay also posted on Craigslist - 6/5/13


     That brings my total applications to date: 80 applications
     Total interviews to date (including the 2 that will be doing 6/6/13): 11 (not including the group interview with Skywest next week)

     I think that's about it for now.