Saddest part though that is not just other companies, employees in the same company can sometimes be very secretive with there knowledge, no one is ever really relaxed even at their own company.
Well...you could just model everything at half res...unwrap, then subdivide and push/pull verts around..and if your uvs get too distorted then relax the uvs?
uh try cylindrical UVW unwrap on the selected area and it should unwrap straight, relax a bit. There are other options too but I ll let you research some more.
Relax. From my experience, 90% of the time they just want to chat with you and make sure you will fit in. Chances are you already have the job if you've come this far.
Assembling and re-assembling some concept work I've been doing for Team Kaizen Games of late. Also, a quick self-portrait I did the other day for relaxation.
I strongly suggest you not pelt unwrap this... your UV map before was great and perfectly fine for painting on, all you had to do was relax the vertices in/around the nose
I haven't had crunch time in years, but when I did I liked to go the the firing range after work. As strange as it sounds, I find it extremely relaxing.