Begging for Revenge

A couple of days ago I got a message on my phone from a woman I had interviewed with a couple of weeks ago. She was just calling to say that I had been 'shortlisted' for the job-once again- and that she would make her decision in a weeks time. This after she promised at the time of the interview that she would have a response for me by the end of that week. But I am getting ahead of myself. Let me start with the interview. It was for yet another PA/Admin job. Firstly this woman calls herself the CEO, but later disclosed that the office consisted of only one person- her. Being the Chief Executive Officer of nobody is a new one. Doesn't the word 'executive' allude to some kind of hierarchy? Madness. So she proceeded, unsurprisingly to regale me with a list of questions (read directly from the paper in front of her) that were clearly downloaded from the Internet. I am not joking when I say that I have answered those exact questions in that precise sequence in at least one other interview before. It seems that these people Google 'job interview questions' and print out the first thing that comes up. The typical question on this kind of interview is: "Tell me about a situation in which you worked on a project but did not achieve the result you expected and how did you deal with that?" at which I began to rack my brains for an arbitrary story that vaguely fitted the guidelines of the question. She literally did not deviate for one second from the sheet of paper. I can only assume she is the kind of person that likes to keep thinking to a minimum at all times. Just when I though the excruciating monotony of the interview was over she has the audacity to ask me to complete 'a few tasks' for her to assess my competency including compiling a faux newsletter and correcting the grammar of a document in red pen! I spent the next hour fantasizing about storming out of there in a rage but really I just did the tasks. She looked shocked at the end when I had managed to make two columns on a Word document and slot in a couple of pictures. That was my que to leave. A week later she called to ask me if I wouldn't mind taking the job as a half day position, knowing full well that I need a full time job to support myself. I said flat no. Now I am just hoping she will agonise over the decision for another week and offer me the job just so I can say HELL NO and that I had been offered something much for lucrative. Small mercies.