[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Author Index (this month)][Thread Index (this month)][Top of Archive]

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 21:56:48 -0800


Andrew Plato wrote:

So its okay for the employer to return the favor and not tell you everything
about the job as well, right?

It's not a question of whether it's okay -it's a question of what the employer might do. Would you really expect, when you're being interviewed, to be told that the product manager has been campaigning for the funding for the position, and that the CTO has been against it and is going to hate anyone who takes the job? Or that product development is done at the company without the benefit of any planning?

An interview is like a first date: both parties are sizing each other up. Both interviewer and interviewee are usually on their best behavior during an interview, and won't really get to know each other for some time afterward. (Or so I imagine; it's been years since I was single, and my memories of dating are mercifuly blurred)

Under the circumstances, expecting total honesty from either side is asking too much of the average human being. About the best that you can hope for is that the other side doesn't misrepresent itself too much, so that you won't be too seriously disillusioned later.

--
Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604.421.7177
http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield

"To purchase a clear and warrantable body of truth, we must forget and part with much we know."
-Thomas Browne, "Pseudodoxia Epidemica"


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A new book on Single Sourcing has been released by William Andrew
Publishing: _Single Sourcing: Building Modular Documentation_
is now available at: http://www.williamandrew.com/titles/1491.html.

Order RoboHelp X3 today and receive a $100 mail in rebate and a FREE
WebHelp Merge Module for merging multiple Help systems on any desktop
or server. Order online today at http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.


References:
Re: Preparation for a phone screen interview: From: Andrew Plato

Previous by Author: Re: Bruce Perens' Open Source Series with Prentice Hall
Next by Author: Re: Preparation for a phone screen interview
Previous by Thread: Re: Preparation for a phone screen interview
Next by Thread: Re: Preparation for a phone screen interview

[Top of Archive] | [Author Index (this month)] | [Thread Index (this month)]

What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:

Sponsored Ads