Hi y'all. I'm a 26 year old grad student who received my bachelor's in English in the summer of 2025 and I am currently pursuing my Master's in Library Science. I have some experience thanks to volunteer work at the local public library and being a former library student aide during community college. I've recently applied to two pretty much identical library positions near me. Both are entry level positions of being a Library Associate II, same hours, same pay, same job description. I know they're just part time but they're perfect for getting some actual library job experience post graduation. Today I just did an interview for a position that's just under 20 minutes away from where I live and it went really well.
The only difference I could find was the first interview asked me what program I would be willing to run if I was hired (such as adult study group, children's story time etc) and if I could run something new, what would it be.
I still haven't gotten a call or email back yet but I have another interview for being a Library Associate II next week. This position is much closer to where I live and, which I prefer, especially since everything about both jobs are identical. If I'm lucky and get a callback soon, what should I do? I'm worried if I go along with accepting the first job but end up landing the second one as well, they'll see me as someone who wasted their time. And I especially don't want to turn down the potential job offer from the futher location if I end up not getting hired by the closer job after all. Any advice?