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Subject:RE: Preparation for a phone screen interview From:"Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 6 Jan 2003 14:33:48 -0500
I agree it might feel awkward to ask, but how can you not if you are
interested.
In my last phone interview, I asked for the job and also for an
in-person interview. I was told that they'd get back to me as they had
several candidates to interview for the position. I expect that's the
majority response. Indeed, even if I were interested in a candidate to
the point of wanting to hire him, I'd not offer the job over the phone
and on-the-spot--I'd delay so I could review the interview and consider
things to be sure.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Posada [mailto:JPosada -at- book -dot- com]
I always ask at the end of the interview. I've gotten some yes answers,
some
no answers (at least I knew where I stood), and some answers that told
me
that I needed to address a perceived weakness. In one case, the weakness
was
that I wasn't asked about it...when I had a chance to discuss it, turned
out
I was the strongest in that aspect, resulting in an offer.
OTOH, you might get the runaround, that they need to talk to other
people,
etc., but you might get answer right then.
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