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As I walk through your doors of your office park building, it is not that intimidating. I have been doing this for a long time and I have sat on both sides of the table. There is a certain mindset that I get into, only one shot at the interview. As a designer, most everything should be considered. The interview suit, the portfolio, the ability to talk and discuss ones work. I have worked long and hard on my portfolio, it is great and I really like it and I am very proud of it. I have gotten a lot of great feedback on my presentation – I made, 100% of me went into it and it is all me. So, I respect the interviewie and I hope that I get the same respect back. Over the course of the last few weeks I have been on 7 interviews and 6 of them I was respected.

I don’t mind being grilled about design, but don’t judge me on my ability to recite how to insert a hyper-link , although I will tell you the right answer. Design is about execution, but it far more important to get the concept right, the idea and the vision – the execution is just that – execution. The last few weeks I have been going around and around, new shirt, tie, no tie, black shoes, sunglasses, printed resumes, thank you letters and with that I am here, I am still walking and yes, I have scored.

So as I interview you and digest it all for the weekend, trust me when I say, I know what I am doing and I know how to make my decision. Trust the process? Right?

Walking into the thundering building with a structure built just for me, wheels turning, wood smells in the air – Velodrome time is near. From one office park to another, from one session of impressing to another of decompressing. Have a look.