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Re: Preparation for a phone screen interview

Subject: Re: Preparation for a phone screen interview
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 14:30:43 -0800


John Posada wrote:

I did,[take a job after a phone interview] twice. Once was ok, short term (<3months), but the other one turned
out very well, short term extended to over 8 months, really fun gig.

So have I. My first big break came from a phone interview and lead to a job that last six months. And the best job I ever had came from a phone interview and lead to fourteen months' work.

But, in both cases, the interview went phenomenonally well. Most of the time, the phone interview is just a preliminary.

If I feel comfortable with a position based on phone interview, I'll go for
it. The company has more at stake than I do.

I have the same attitude, but I suspect that few people share it. I think it comes from being a long-term contractor.

Once you've contracted for a while, you have a much stronger sense that no job lasts forever. You also have much greater faith in your ability to find another job when you need one. As a contractor, one job,no matter how wonderful, just doesn't mean that much to you. You've learned to be flexible in a way that someone who has had the samejob for six years hasn't.

This attitude also gives you a much stronger psychological edge going into an interview. Feeling you have less at stake, you are likely to be more relaxed and less passive than many interviewees.

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