Sunday, June 28, 2015

Interview

"Kimber, can I just say that PEOPLE LIKE MY STUFF?!?!?!"

Chris had his preliminary interview with Telltale on Thursday (June 18th). He has been working diligently on an animation clip for a good two months in his spare time (he is currently the pipeline lead for BYU's new animation short Papa and one of the four people working on Previs. In other words, he already has had a lot on his plate animation-wise). It has been fun to hear him tell me about his thoughts about the company, to hear his excitement as the clip has come together favorably, and to sense the underlying research that has gone into all of this. He even was able to network with someone who currently works for Telltale to get into the referred list of applications! Once he turned in the clip and application, we mostly were praying simply for an interview so he could have a professional experience to build on. So we were so excited when he actually did receive an email wanting to set up a preliminary interview!!

If you are interested on seeing the clip he created, here is a link to the movie.

I was at work when he had his interview, and had my phone in hand, ready to dash out the door to hear how the interview went as soon as he was done. When his call came in, I excitedly asked, 'How did it go?!' to which he responded, "Kimber, it was so good!" Even his tone of voice gave hints at his ear to ear grin and his humble exhilaration. He then relayed a play by play of what happened in the interview. The HR interviewer had acknowledged that they were very impressed with his clip. They had watched it as a team, and before it had finished, one of the viewers said, "I don't have to see the rest of it-I've seen enough and it is good!"

My Man is stinkin' awesome ;)

They will be contacting him via email to set up an interview over Skype so the team can meet him and see if it is a good fit on both sides.

Even if we don't end up getting this job, it has been a neat experience to see how much Chris has learned about animation in the past few years, to the point that he now has marketable material! I am very proud of him and all his hard work, and we will see how things go as we continue to look for job  opportunities.

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