Sunday, June 26, 2011

Interview With Sekisui

I have a big interview coming up with Sekisui Chemical and I'm really nervous, but excited!  This position will relate more to research and development, which is awesome!  I think my talents would fit much better in a position related to research.  It should be interesting to see how things go.

Preparing for this interview has been something of a challenge since I must keep in mind that my interviewers come from a variety of backgrounds.  Sekisui, as you might have guessed from the name, is a Japanese company.  From what I've researched so far, there are quite a few key differences in how Americans and the Japanese do business.  For starters, it appears as though business cards play a much more important role in Japan than they do here.  I had a few cards printed out, just for good measure.  I also got a small business card portfolio for new business cards.

Like I mentioned earlier, I'm really nervous about this interview because I want things to go well.  From what I've seen so far, Sekisui is an awesome company and they work on a multitude of projects that I find interesting.  I'm beginning to see that ethics are incredibly important.  When I worked at Eastman, the fact that a large portion of the profits came from cigarette companies bothered me, but I didn't do anything about it.  I feel as though I should've pursued that complaint a little further before I decided to work there.

Whatever the case, I'm starting to feel better about the upcoming interview and I hope I do well!