NIS

NIS stands for Serbia's Oil Industry. 

These are the company headquarters in Novi Sad. 

http://www.nis.rs/?lang=en

Russian GAZPROM bought 51% of company shares in 2008 and turned NIS into the most profitable company the country since. Under Serbian rule, the company was operating with a huge deficit. 

How do you run an oil company and NOT make a profit?!

Russian brought a bunch of experts from all parts of the world and figured out they were in bad need of some conference interpretation and translation staff. 

That's where I come in. For the written translation test, I wore comfortable shoes, just in case I needed to make a break for the front door the moment I see the test.

Are you allowed to say SCARED SHITLESS in a blog???

Waiting for the HR person, I secretly took pics of the atrium.

And that is me on my first visit to the company's Belgrade HQ. Even more nervous!

 I was not about to risk killing whatever chances I had of landing a job with the oil giant by snapping pictures of the interior of their Belgrade building especially as I was going for an intelligence briefing by their Corporate Security staff. 

 I was expecting something along the lines of Lubyanka treatment but it couldn't be further from the truth. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubyanka_Building

The Corp. Security guy was actually very nice and I was cool as a cucumber. I was deemed safe for the Serbian Oil Industry. Little did they know...

My perfect choice of accesories for the day deserves a closer look. 

For my 3rd visit and another round of tests, I cleaned up real nice! 
Once again, I left the building unscathed. 

And this is the view of Kalemegdan park from their 7th floor conference room.
Two interviews and four rounds of tests later, I got the job!!!
 

Wish me luck!