Thursday, May 28, 2009

What kind of dining set defines me as a person? - Narrator/Durden

About two months ago, I submitted my essays to the Qualifications Evaluation Panel (QEP). The QEP asks for five narrative essays, illustrating skills like communication, leadership, and management. Each essay is only 200 words or so, which at first sounds easy, but it turns out to be very hard to sum up an important experience, and what was learned from it, in so few words. I fussed over each answer.

They sent me an email two days ago to tell me I'd passed. I am invited to schedule an oral assessment in D.C.

Part of me expected to pass, but it was still a relief to see the words.

Time to prepare for the orals again. I've already met with a group of fellow candidates a few times, and it was excellent preparation for the group exercise. Those people were from the Nov. test cycle, so I'll need to find some new study partners. So far, there is one other Feb. test cycle person interested.

Next up is the sign up day for orals, June 22nd. I'll have to log on and choose a day between July 2oth - Oct 30th.