Friday, January 30, 2004
~ CLEO ~
My 'interview' with CLEO went well. When I arrived at the office yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to see nine other candidates all waiting in the same room. I was quite relieved that it wasn't going to be a one-on-one interview because I wasn't prepared for it. After quite a long wait, the team of writers, together with Corinne the Editor, walked into the room. If you're a regular reader of CLEO, you'll probably know how they look like. They were all really friendly and Cynthia, the Beauty editor, looks really gorgeous in real life.
Anyway, there wasn't any interview...Instead, we were given assignments to do. Three to be precise. The first one was to edit a letter from a reader. Everything about the letter was extremely atrocious, from the grammar to the sentence order. So our job was to edit the whole article on the spot. The other two assignments were to be done at home. One was a 500-word article entitled "The common allergies of women". Well, although I could bring it home to finish, it was really tiring because it was due today! Yup, I had less than 24 hours to write it. Nevertheless, although I only went to bed at 4am, I managed to draft out quite a decent piece of work...I think. Lastly, the third assignment, which will be due on Tuesday, was to find out the events that are happening in April. This was relatively easy to do, except that every day of the month had to be filled with one event, otherwise, a point will be deducted.
Yup, that's all I have to say about CLEO so far. If you've been praying for me, thank you so much! Pls continue to keep me in your prayers as I continue with my job search...
Posted by Jo at 3:24 PM
