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And the results are in...
Apr. 15th, 2006 12:42 pm::drumroll::
Minor miracle.. but I pulled it off!
I had lots of help though. I'm on day 4 of "no caffeine," I'm still trying to eat healthier, Rachel whipped up a little big of wuju-goodness for me, and my dad came to the test with me.
The people administering the test were very nice; they encouraged my dad to help me, and by him being there and engaging me in active discussion/joking/chitchatting, he was able to distract me and take my mind off the blood pressure. Which is a good thing.
My first reading was 162/94 or somesuch. Pulse Rate 102. (Okay, it's a lot more stressful when it's for a JOB.) My second reading, (with dad distracting me, taken about 10-15 min. later) was 144/90 or so. Again, not great, but as the guy said, "It's not pretty, but it'll do." Which, frankly, was all I cared about -- getting my BP low enough for them to let me take their tests.
For the tests, they had me hooked up to wireless heart rate monitors -- then they had me perform stress tests such as squeezing a metal grip thing in my hands, pressing my thumbs on a dumbell looking thing, using this soloflex looking device to push/pull/lift etc. They informed me that the computer would stop the test if I ever went over the "safe" point; Since I made it all the way through their testing until the end, I have to assume that I "passed." Although a couple of the tests were quite the suck -- there was a test where I had to lift and lower a milkcrate with handlebars off a shelf and back up repeatedly. They would add weights to the milkcrate to make it harder each time. Fortunately, I was able to use my extensive (tounge-in-cheek) UPS training to do perfect UPS Squats(tm) to lift and lower that bad boy. Then they had me do this pegboard "move a peg from one hand to the other and place it in a corresponding hole" test, which wasn't too bad the first time, but the second time they added this 4 foot wooden box between me and the pegboard, and I had to lean forward the entire time to perform this test; my legs and my back instantly regretted it and there were a couple of times I thought I was gonna pass out, but I forced myself to keep going. I'm still sore today, so it must've been one hell of a stress test.
Seeing as how I was the last person to test here, and I don't think I'm leaking any trade secrets or anything, I found the website of the company that administered the test and they even have a page for the system I used: http://btetech.com/eval.htm
So the hard part has been gotten past.
Now I just have to wait for them to call next week with the results/to set up an interview date.
So, good luck to me!
Minor miracle.. but I pulled it off!
I had lots of help though. I'm on day 4 of "no caffeine," I'm still trying to eat healthier, Rachel whipped up a little big of wuju-goodness for me, and my dad came to the test with me.
The people administering the test were very nice; they encouraged my dad to help me, and by him being there and engaging me in active discussion/joking/chitchatting, he was able to distract me and take my mind off the blood pressure. Which is a good thing.
My first reading was 162/94 or somesuch. Pulse Rate 102. (Okay, it's a lot more stressful when it's for a JOB.) My second reading, (with dad distracting me, taken about 10-15 min. later) was 144/90 or so. Again, not great, but as the guy said, "It's not pretty, but it'll do." Which, frankly, was all I cared about -- getting my BP low enough for them to let me take their tests.
For the tests, they had me hooked up to wireless heart rate monitors -- then they had me perform stress tests such as squeezing a metal grip thing in my hands, pressing my thumbs on a dumbell looking thing, using this soloflex looking device to push/pull/lift etc. They informed me that the computer would stop the test if I ever went over the "safe" point; Since I made it all the way through their testing until the end, I have to assume that I "passed." Although a couple of the tests were quite the suck -- there was a test where I had to lift and lower a milkcrate with handlebars off a shelf and back up repeatedly. They would add weights to the milkcrate to make it harder each time. Fortunately, I was able to use my extensive (tounge-in-cheek) UPS training to do perfect UPS Squats(tm) to lift and lower that bad boy. Then they had me do this pegboard "move a peg from one hand to the other and place it in a corresponding hole" test, which wasn't too bad the first time, but the second time they added this 4 foot wooden box between me and the pegboard, and I had to lean forward the entire time to perform this test; my legs and my back instantly regretted it and there were a couple of times I thought I was gonna pass out, but I forced myself to keep going. I'm still sore today, so it must've been one hell of a stress test.
Seeing as how I was the last person to test here, and I don't think I'm leaking any trade secrets or anything, I found the website of the company that administered the test and they even have a page for the system I used: http://btetech.com/eval.htm
So the hard part has been gotten past.
Now I just have to wait for them to call next week with the results/to set up an interview date.
So, good luck to me!
