It is a job I would really like

(Above) I’ve never really noticed the initials before

Monday - an interview in the Farringdon area. It is a job I would really like (the company does interesting work, the marketing tasks are well within my capabilities, the money is in the range I am looking for). Plus there is the bonus of an immediate start, which means I could keep more of my redundancy money.

The interview was late in the afternoon (5 o’clock). I arrived at Farringdon Station too early (allowing for any disruption to the tube) and because it was so hot and humid I went to Vic Naylor’s bar in St John’s Lane where I had an iced tonic water, sat directly below one of the ceiling fans. Then, because I was still early, I walked around Smithfield taking photographs until it was nearly five o’clock.

The company was located in a small mews running northwards (claustrophobic alley, paved courtyard with a wall of green climbers, rational glass façade leading into a big communal workspace). The interview was in a glass office at the back of the building, and lasted about an hour. Only once, when discussing InDesign, did I find myself starting to flounder:

“You’re familiar with the CS version?”

“Er, how do you mean CS?”

“Creative Suite… InDesign Creative Suite.”

“Oh yes, of course” I said with a confidence I didn’t really feel.

Only later, when I got home and checked my InDesign manual, did I see the CS initials that I had never really noticed before.

After the interview I went over to Hyde Park, but rain started falling so I had to take shelter (it was very fine rain, not refreshing in any way - the air still remained hot and humid). Later Gary Spencer rang me to ask how the interview had gone. I have a one on four chance of getting the job (they are interviewing four people), but these things are impossible to predict.