Today I got to go up to Overstock and interview with several members of the Oracle team. I interviewed with Chris Mason, a VP, an SVP, and the person I would be replacing. As I reflect on the 4 on 1 I think I did pretty well. I feel that I was able to answer their questions without much difficulty and the only area that I feel I’m a bit lacking in is that they process thousands of orders per hour, whereas Novell processes thousands of orders in a month. It is a huge volume difference. I’d have to come up to speed on it quickly.
After the interview I got the typical… “We are interviewing and evaluating other candidates – we’ll get back to you”. We’ll see how it goes. The commute would certainly be better. 10 miles versus 37 miles. Not that the commute is the only reason for making a change. There are a lot of good things about Overstock and there are good things happening at Novell as well. I’m not sure what I’ll do if they make me an offer. I guess I’ll cross that bridge when it gets a bit closer.
Anyway – It was a nice day. I was supposed to have two interviews, but ended up only with the one at Overstock. Se la vie.