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If I ever encounter anything like either of these two examples, I will, as
politely as possible, say that I'm a professional and leave.
BW
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From: <tom -dot- green -at- iwon -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 9:11 AM
Subject: RE: Recent unusual interview experiences
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> I'm getting the feeling that companies (or specifically HR offices) think
the economy is such that they can pick and choose the next Tech
Writer/Information Developer/Documentation Engineer (you pick, just trying
to be politically correct) because they come a dime a dozen now. I recently
had a five hour interview where I sat in a room and five different people
came in one at a time and drilled me. At about the third one, I was tired of
reiterating my history and how I got started in Tech Writing. By the time it
was over, I didn't care if I had the job or not. They haven't called in a
week and a half so I guess they felt the same.
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> A few years ago, I had a really strange one. I was placed at a conference
table with eight people. Everyone seemed to be competing to be the most
clever and popular. I felt like I was back in high school. They fired
questions back and forth, then finished with asking me what was the funniest
thing that ever happened to me. I started to reply that that meeting was the
tops but I gave them a reply and left. Needless to say, no call from them
either. Come to think of it, I still don't know what kind of documentation
they did.
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