It should be my senior colleague (and assistant) doing the interviews with someone from HR but they're both on leave the relevant week so they've asked me and another long time member of staff who is also leaving but doing a similar job to the one we're replacing.
It's a bit of a scary prospect as I've never sat on that side of the table before, but I can't really say no and I suppose it will be good for me.
The thing that's causing the most stress though is that instead of having, say, half a dozen external candidates I've never met, we've got four internals who happen to be friends (one of them a good friend) as they all participate in the library's book group with me.
Added complexity from the fact that one is in Thailand on holiday at the time of the interviews - specifically away at this time rather than a time more convenient at the request of the department in the Library she works for. There's been much talk about whether it would be 'fair' to not invite her for interview, or to invite her to a date we know she can't make.
Anyway, today a very new member of staff from HR came over to set some of my fears at rest, answer questions I had and to plan for the meeting we have on Friday to actually shortlist the candidates. (Though frankly all four would be able to do the job.)
Also finalized the script for the sketch next week.
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