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I completely agree that it was an interview no-no. NEVER make yourself sound
like anything less than the best candidate and be completely prepared.
However, in this case, we learned something important about him, based on an
STC membership or lack of, before the client had to invest real money.
sharon
Sharon Burton-Hardin
Anthrobytes Consulting
909-369-8590
www.anthrobytes.com
Vice-president, Programs of the Inland Empire chapter of the STC
www.iestc.org
| Sharon Burton-Hardin wrote:
|
| >I sat in on an interview at a client's once. The interviewee did not have
| >STC listed on his resume - no other professional orgs either. The only
| >question I asked in the entire interview was "Why not?" He said he wasn't
| >much of a joiner.
| >
| Actually, the problem here is less membership than lack of interview
skills.
|
| This anecdote reminds of someone I interviewed who admitted that he hadn't
had time to look at the company's web site - he looked unprepared, and, in
less than a dozen words, he lost the job.
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