BBritain
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Re: What\'s in YOUR resume?
Ya know Ken,
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this one. My first interview WAS just like that. The guy could talk all about his accomplishments and be quite detailed (from a non technical point of view). From his accounts, he could make the earth spin in different directions. Towards the end of the interview I noticed that he wasn't getting specific enough for me on a particular subject. I asked the question again - this question was being fairly specific. I got the start of the same answer. I stopped him and asked a third time. Turns out the guy had skated through several 'job shops' where he was placed for about 3 to 6 months and was let go due to lack of work and then would move on. Well, that was the last hour plus that I was going waste (or so I thought) interviewing people that shouldn't be in the business.
I did interview someone in Hyderabad where he was able to answer my questions initially and quickly became clear that he knew what he was talking about - even though he had been away from the business for a year. We had that nice chat talking about what he had done in the past and even if he ends up taking a job somewhere else, I don't regret the interview at all.
So set me up with the slamming questions first. I don't like being disrespectful to people, but when they are telling me - through their resume - that they are a Senior Technical Consultant and I find out that they can't increment a variable, then they are disrespecting me. And wasting my time.
Ben again,
Ya know Ken,
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this one. My first interview WAS just like that. The guy could talk all about his accomplishments and be quite detailed (from a non technical point of view). From his accounts, he could make the earth spin in different directions. Towards the end of the interview I noticed that he wasn't getting specific enough for me on a particular subject. I asked the question again - this question was being fairly specific. I got the start of the same answer. I stopped him and asked a third time. Turns out the guy had skated through several 'job shops' where he was placed for about 3 to 6 months and was let go due to lack of work and then would move on. Well, that was the last hour plus that I was going waste (or so I thought) interviewing people that shouldn't be in the business.
I did interview someone in Hyderabad where he was able to answer my questions initially and quickly became clear that he knew what he was talking about - even though he had been away from the business for a year. We had that nice chat talking about what he had done in the past and even if he ends up taking a job somewhere else, I don't regret the interview at all.
So set me up with the slamming questions first. I don't like being disrespectful to people, but when they are telling me - through their resume - that they are a Senior Technical Consultant and I find out that they can't increment a variable, then they are disrespecting me. And wasting my time.
Ben again,