I got a promotion!!
...for a job I'm starting on Monday. Yes. They called me today to tell me they're moving me into the position above the one they initially offered me!
(Also, just having a job after several months of searching is extremely exciting in itself. )
I am not sure what to think about this. My first thought is "man, what a bad negotiator Dsell is, underselling himself by one whole position". My second is, "Boy, what a great company Dsell must have found!" Congrats.
Well again, first job after searching for months, etc. I wasn't gonna turn down much.
Although I did turn down a sales position earlier in the summer and fully stand by that choice.
Basically, I'm entering a pretty large and established department in a company. There's a hierarchy that (unless you have a fair amount of experience) you're slotted into, with the chance to move up after as little as a few months or as much as a couple years. They moved me into that second position directly.
I think it was some combination of good timing on my part, need on their part, a strong interview/resume, and a pretty good score on their entrance competency exam (the Wonderlic test, if you're familiar with it. I got a 39, which I was inwardly appalled by, but they were pretty impressed).