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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracy Boyington [mailto:tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org]
>
> Gil wrote:
>
> > I love these anecdotes, but use common sense. We're
> tech-writers, we're
> > supposed to be good at interpretting and repackaging ideas
> and concepts.
> > I just can not understand why someone would try to be hired
> for a job that
> > doesn't suit him or her.
>
> I agree; the last thing I would want to do is help someone "trick" an
> interviewer into hiring them for a job they're not qualified
> for. But I don't
> think that's what we're trying to do. Sometimes you don't get
> the job that
> suits you simply because you're not very good at interviewing
> (after all, most
> of us have more experience working than being interviewed).
