I returned home a little after 2am and set my alarm for 7am to make a 9am set of interviews with a firm in Philadelphia. I was interviewing for a reinsurance position, a branch of actuarial work I very much enjoy. The first four interviews were straight forward and I only made one or two small mistakes. After that, I was asked to speak with the hiring manager who had stopped in and then went to lunch with two more members of the department. Upon returning, I met with another actuary and then two more and in total met 10 of the 11 people in the department. I am happy that I was able to talk to almost literally everyone but this comes at a cost. I now have 10 thank you letters to write. Ugh.

The ride back to Trevose station featured another first. I sat in a three across bench seat on the West Trenton line and all three people in my row had space between them.

Sometimes I want to have a distance day on the treadmill and sometimes it’s hard to work up to spending 2 hours in the same place. I need to eschew distractions and find a way to push ancillary tasks away.

Today, I hopped on my treadmill, ran about three miles and received a call from a firm I had interviewed with requesting an interview. I fielded the call, explained why I was out of breath and got back on the treadmill. After another three miles I received another call from another firm requesting an interview and again explained why I was out of breath. So now, my initial contact with two HR departments is me having problems with my phone as it was linked to a Blutooth headset and me being out of breath. Joy.