I had an interview today...

[LordKinbote]

...but after thinking it was an hour drive instead of an hour and a half, the fact that we're currently in a flood warning, and me being still fairly sick led me to cancel about an hour and a quarter before I was supposed to be there. I tried to go, but the roads were shit and the best case scenario was that I would have been like 20 minutes late (assuming I had absolutely no trouble finding the school and that there was no traffic on the two main highways I had to travel).

Should I have gone and been late or did I make the right choice? The woman said it was no problem and we rescheduled for Wednesday. It's for a teacher internship program.

Oh well. I can only hope it doesn't hurt my chances at getting into the program.

[badpoet]

I would say you did the responsible thing. Given the present circumstances, I'm sure they understand. Just make sure you get there 20 minutes early for the interview.

[ihategravity]

If someone told you that it was "no problem", than it was probably no problem--for them.
However, you might have gave others a good chance to make a better first impression if others are interviewing for the same job.

[LordKinbote]

I would say you did the responsible thing. Given the present circumstances, I'm sure they understand. Just make sure you get there 20 minutes early for the interview.

I'll try. I have a class till 12:50 on Wednesday and the interview's at 3, which gives me 2 hours and 10 minutes. If I get dressed up (shower, clothes, shave, etc) before my class, make sure my tank is full before Wednesday, then I should be able to leave by 1. Mapquest says it's an hour and 36 minute drive so if nothing goes wrong I should be there about 20 minutes early.

Knock on wood.

[LordKinbote]

If someone told you that it was "no problem", than it was probably no problem--for them.
However, you might have gave others a good chance to make a better first impression if others are interviewing for the same job.

It's not for a job, it's for internship program through a school. Basically, I get my masters degree by being a teacher's/administrator's assistant for 10 months.

So there's not one position, there are several. Like, I don't know, 50. It's a pretty popular program because it's tuition paid, but I'm very qualified for the position.

We'll see. I just feel bad that I had to do it, especially since my girlfriend helped me get all ready for this interview only for me to come back 25 minutes later.

[xyzzy]

Rescheduling an hour an change before the meeting isn't good, but it's better than being half an hour late.

[LordKinbote]

Rescheduling an hour an change before the meeting isn't good, but it's better than being half an hour late.

Yeah, I know.

What sucks is that I called this morning to reschedule because I felt like shit, but no one picked up. So I decided to suck it up and go through with the meeting.

If someone had picked up then, this wouldn't have been an issue.

[ihategravity]

It's not for a job, it's for internship program through a school. Basically, I get my masters degree by being a teacher's/administrator's assistant for 10 months.

So there's not one position, there are several. Like, I don't know, 50. It's a pretty popular program because it's tuition paid, but I'm very qualified for the position.

We'll see. I just feel bad that I had to do it, especially since my girlfriend helped me get all ready for this interview only for me to come back 25 minutes later.

Ahhhh. Then no problem.