Interview help / advice

Hi all,

I am currently at university completing my dissertation and studying for upcoming exams in mid July for bioscience degree. I am 30 years old fyi. I applied for a part time job as an office cleaner for 3 hours in the evening mon - friday. My interview is tomorrow arranged at a pub as the company head office is far from their client where the job will be done.

I am sure they will want to know why I want this job. I believe it is a permanent position. My disso and exams are late because I had them deferred due to health issues which I am now waiting for surgery... Anyway I am well and able to work physically. I have been diagnosed with a chronic illness that unfortunately is stuck with me for life so I just have to get on with it!

I wanted to find a cleaning job after uni anyway as I had one last summer and actually I found it was the best job I ever had!!
I was really happy in that role and I just thought that I would find another cleaning job after uni as I do not intend to go into a bioscience career of any kind. I want to set up my own business and have a job that I enjoy so it can tide me over whilst I set things up for my business. So in the meantime, as the student finance has run out I need a little extra income. I am hoping that through this potential part time role I may go on to full time hours after disso finished. So this may be a door into what I was planning anyway.

I am stuck on how to explain why I want this job. I imagine he might wonder why I would want this job with such a degree? He might wonder how long am I going to stick around?

I know part of this answer is that I genuinely enjoy cleaning and I am not embarrassed to have this job as I know some people might put their noses up at it (I wouldn't say the last part). I intend to keep this job for the long term providing I am happy with this particular company, the people I work with and the company procedures in delivering an excellent cleaning service! I am very set on working for a company who delivers what they promise and I want to be able to be a part of that. I really hope they allow me to clean with some autonomy in ensuring that I provide the best there is to see in cleaning
Wow, just realised how passionate I am about that haha. How funny for something so simple such as cleaning :rotfl:

That was a bit long, but felt I needed to give a bit of background.

So what is the best thing to say without giving too much away? I feel that telling them that I intend to have this as a longterm job might spark up so questions as to why considering stark difference in careers and also I don't feel it is appropriate to divule in health issues and deferring of assessments as this may raise further questions.

I am just thinking of saying I completed uni and I now just want to be a cleaner; I enjoyed the last job I had so much that I see this making me happy more than anything else I have deliberated about doing. I value having a healthy work life balance and I know that this job will help fulfil that.

I am braced for the misunderstanding from family and friends but I am not sure how to express this to a prospective employer who might also question these things.

I want to make sure I give the best possible chances of getting this job, by knowing the right way to word and explain this.

Any thoughts, opinions and advice welcomed!

Thank you!