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Subject:RE: Inteviews from Heck From:Chuck Martin <CMartin -at- SERENA -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:57:51 -0700
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Hanvey [mailto:jewahe -at- yahoo -dot- com]
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 10:54 AM
> Subject: RE: Inteviews from Heck
>
<snip>
>
> > The question is, did you get the job?
>
> Nope. Despite the fact that they said they'd call me
> to let me know one way or another, I never heard from
> the company again. About a month later, I saw a new ad
> for the position on one of the Internet job boards.
>
I've had similar experiences with companies I've interviewed with. And with
guys I've dated.
Rude.
--
"I don't entirely understand it but it is true: Highly skilled carpenters
don't get insulted when told they are not architects, but highly skilled
programmers do get insulted when they are told they are not UI designers."
- anonymous programmer quoted in "GUI Bloopers"
by Jeff Johnson
Chuck Martin, Sr. Technical Writer
cmartin -at- serena -dot- com--but only til the end of the day today!
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