Foundation Center interview questions

Several days after applying, I had a phone interview with an HR person from their head office (about 15 minutes). Standard easy resume questions, but she did make me state a salary requirement. One week later I had an in-person interview with the head of the location I was applying to. I was asked a lot about professional use of social media and experience with video editing & creating video tutorials, but very little about reference experience (even though that was a main job duty) or other librarian experience. I noticed that their reference desk seemed more like a receptionist desk, placed right by the front door & outside the actual library space. I was also given to a co-worker who asked me several questions about how I interact with co-workers & help out around the office. The in-person interview was about an hour and a half and about two months later I was rejected. I had to fill out a form with the contact info for my last few jobs, so make sure to have that with you.

Someone called me to request an interview and the person told me if I had some time to talk. I replied I was walking in a busy street and I can call back in a few minutes. She said that's fine but she failed to give me her extension number, she just told me her name, which I didn't hear very well. When I called the number back later, I had a difficult time at first using the directory to find the person that called me. The interview was scheduled for a week later, but they decided not to interview me after I spent 1 hr there because I failed to detect 7 errors in a document as part of a proofreading exercise, the maximum allowed was 5. Even though I got all remaining errors correct (15+) and I was well qualified for the position. The good news is I was offered 2 positions from other organizations within days of leaving the interview site. And I'm very happy in my current role. Though I liked the Foundation Center, I wasn't very excited about the position. I was frustrated at first but not being interviewed ended up being a blessing in disguise.