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Informal Chat invite - Volunteering Role

I applied to a volunteer role at a museum and they emailed me back saying they want me to come to the museum and have a brief , informal chat.

What does this mean ??

Is this a good sign for me getting it ???

Please HELP - volunteer

Reply 1

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by JIRAYA_78
I applied to a volunteer role at a museum and they emailed me back saying they want me to come to the museum and have a brief , informal chat.
What does this mean ??
Is this a good sign for me getting it ???
Please HELP - volunteer

Hi there,

I have done volunteering before and most 'informal chats' are like an informal interview (a conversation of your experience and what you bring), it is defiantly a good sign!

Kind regards, Jenifer (Kingston rep)

Reply 2

Original post
by JIRAYA_78
I applied to a volunteer role at a museum and they emailed me back saying they want me to come to the museum and have a brief , informal chat.
What does this mean ??
Is this a good sign for me getting it ???
Please HELP - volunteer

It means they want to find out more about you - what you can offer the museum, what you hope to get out of it, what sort of roles there might be and what they might involve... It's informal, so you can both be more relaxed and suss each other out - a good chance to see if it might work for both of you. Think of it like a first date - lunch, or coffee, but not dinner. If they like you, and you like them, then the next date might be dinner - i.e. a formal interview, where you would (I imagine) need to complete an application form beforehand.

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by Reality Check
It means they want to find out more about you - what you can offer the museum, what you hope to get out of it, what sort of roles there might be and what they might involve... It's informal, so you can both be more relaxed and suss each other out - a good chance to see if it might work for both of you. Think of it like a first date - lunch, or coffee, but not dinner. If they like you, and you like them, then the next date might be dinner - i.e. a formal interview, where you would (I imagine) need to complete an application form beforehand.


I was so good I did my induction too , we talked about why I wanna volunteer and my availability and then we went round the whole museum for an hour and showing the clocking system and we can start soon when we put our roles of interest in NEXT WEEK !!!

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