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Subject:RE: Preparation for a phone screen interview From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 7 Jan 2003 18:41:34 -0500
In my response below, I never said I was proficient with ABC Flowcharter...I
never even said I'd used it. I said I could create flowcharts with it.
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From: Richard [mailto:richard -dot- smith -at- windriver -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:38 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Preparation for a phone screen interview
I interviewed with a cosulting agency a few years ago, and the interviewer
asked me how familiar I was with interleaf. I told him that I'd never heard
of interleaf. I expected that that would pretty much end my consideration,
but the interviewer thanked me for my honesty, and said that he used that as
a question to see who was lying. Seems that many people would say that they
were proficient with it.
Apparently Interleaf is a somewhat arcane tool with an enormous learning
curve. This guy said he could tell in one or two questions if a person knew
interleaf or was BS-ing. He said I was the first candidate he's talked with
in two days that answered that question honestly. He was refreshed.
| Now...my take on honesty is to pick #1, even though I'm
| thinking #3. I know
| I can do it, even though I haven't before. Am I lying? I
| don't think so...in
| fact, I think I'm being honest. The question wasn't "Have I
| used it.", even
| though I kinda know what they mean. OTOH, the honesty purist
| might take door
| #3 and hope that the interviewer hasn't heard this
| explanation before and
| the person they hired fell on their face.
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