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Subject:Re: New TECHWR-L Poll Question From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:56:50 -0800 (PST)
In article ORG -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com, stockman -at- jagunet -dot- com (Mike Stockman) writes:
>On 12/11/00 10:34 AM, Deborah Ray (debray -at- raycomm -dot- com) wrote:
>
>|Do you know tech writers who have falsified or
>|grossly exaggerated information when seeking a job?
>|
>|* Yes
>|* No
>|* Not sure
>
>Hmmm... does it count if an interviewer asks "Do you know how to use
>ToolXtraCoolnessPro2002?", you lie and say "yes," and then learn it fast
>before the job actually starts?
>
Interviewers may not always be able to spot that you aren't as
experienced with a tool they use as you said you were. However, you
don't want to lie about experience with their product, as did a guy who
applied at a former company of mine, Ashton-Tate. His resume said that
he was familiar with our main product, dBASE, when he really wasn't. It
didn't take very long for our interviewers to figure this out :->
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