When is an interview not an interview?

When it's a job offer! Apparently today was less of an interview and more of a ''here's how much money we're going to pay you.''

I was there with 5 other people (my new classmates.) We went in and met with the Lt. He gave us some orientation info, then told us that we would be meeting with him individually to discuss salary. This is when it sank in that I had made it!

So later on i'm sitting in the Lt's office. He tells me that I'm getting one pay advance because I have a Bachelor's degree. I knew that that was coming.

Then he opens my file and notes that I rated my Spanish skills at 7 out of 10. Keep in mind that I filled this out a year ago (when I was still using my Spanish) and Joelle was telling me not to undersell my Spanish.

I tell him that I did rate it at 7, but I'm not sure how it is now because I don't use it. He tells me that he is going to call the interpreter line and have me speak with the Spanish interpreter. At this point i'm getting nervous b/c I don't want to look like an idiot. But he hands me the phone and tells me to speak with Carlos.

Carlos and I chat and it doesn't go too badly. I got nervous when he asked what color my car is and I told him Yellow. I figured he would think I just dididn't know my colors, b/c who has a yellow car?

I get off the phone and hand it back to the Lt. He speaks with Carlos for a moment and hangs up. He then told me that Carlos said that I had a very good command of the language. The Lt. Then tells me tha