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Posted on 08/24/2005 9:50:25 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Since when did big hair stop anyone from wearing a big hat to church???
Interviews are so awful.
I would like to get this job. I loved working downtown ... loved the restaurants and walking over to my bank to get money. We need the health insurance, among other things. And they pay for covered parking, which is cool. I would work from 11am - 8pm, and that is also cool.
I have to put it out of my mind, and apply to the next batch of jobs.
Agreed... interviews suck. I haven't even been on that side of an interview for a very long time... and don't know if I could cope. If this year's SOX adventure doesn't go well... I may get to find out. :-)
But I don't like being on the hiring side either. The whole experience is excruciating. The funny (sick) thing is that it's also almost completely useless for trying to figure out whether the person is a good match for the company or not.
You, in essentially "hiring" an employer do not get any sort of true picture of what working there would be like... and they likewise get no useful picture of what you'd be like as an employee. All we get to find out is how talented somebody is at being an interviewer/ interviewee... and that's not something that's ever going to happen again.
For my last four (out of five total) hires in the last year or so this is why I've just gone to that temp agency. They've reliably sent a decent short list of people that pretty well fit the job description. I ask for one to show up... and they do... and we get to test-drive them for a while and they get to test-drive us for a while.
On a couple of occasions I've asked them to send somebody else, sometimes refining or re-defining the requirements a little. But on the whole this has been a much more hassle-free way to get good people... and the people we hired from them have been just outstanding.
Incidentally... I just had somebody in helpdesk support in SF quit this week. Gave his two weeks notice on Monday. Not an unexpected development. Nice guy... not highly motivated, but seriously talented. He wants to get out of IT and into racing cars. I can't help with that. :-)
I'm actually not sure yet that I'm going to even replace him. But that's another story.
Bard prepares to fire his trusty black arrow at Smaug's weak spot as it attacks Lake-town
"The dragon swooped once more lower than ever, and as he turned and dived down his belly glittered white with sparkling fires of gems in the moon - but not in one place. The great bow twanged. The black arrow sped straight from the string, straight for the hollow by the left breast where the foreleg was flung wide. In it smote and vanished, barb, shaft, and feather, so fierce was its flight. With a shriek that deafened men, felled trees, and split stone, Smaug shot spouting into the air, turned over and crashed down from on high in ruin."
- The Hobbit: Fire and Water
Anyone heard from Ruthie since her last post? I'm guessing she's lost power.
Ruthy called Hair a couple of times (read further down). She lost power and a tree fell on her privacy fence.
AFAIK that's the last we heard. Hopefully she'll call again when she gets a chance. Sam too.
Good morning everyone. Happy Friday!
And also to you.
Tanks. I have a crazy busy day today. Have to get ready for my next trip on Monday. I'm looking at my "To Do" list and pouting.
I understand. Mrs. and I were talkin' about that yesterday. It ain't purty.
We'll be okay if everything goes as planned and nothing unusual happens.
And so it begins...
Thanks for the update.
It's ded, Jim.
LOL! I've see that one, too!
Why thankee, m'aam! My kids say that to me sometimes. Makes me feel mighty good!
I haven't heard from her yet this morning. Course, she's prolly too polite to call me at 5:30 am.
I wouldn't be.
If you get hit by a hurricane, you can call me at 5:30 am.
Sounds like you did well to me, despite System Manager Guy's lack of social skills. ;-)
Though even just reading that, my heart was in my throat, 'cause I have no idea what exactly I would say to those questions. Eek! I so hate interviews. And I dunno if mine will be one on one or before a panel - last job I actually got, the interview was in a whole roomful of people. Unnerving. I sat at the end of a conference table and they went around the circle firing questions at me. I did OK then, but I hadn't been out of work for as long as I have now, and felt pretty sure of myself. Now...I dunno.
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