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Subject:RE: Preparation for a phone screen interview From:"Earl Cooley" <shiva -at- io -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09:49:00 -0600
Mike O. wrote:
>
> I've found that recruiters and middle managers are the ones who
> tend to obsess over tools during the interview/screening
> process.
>
> But when I talk with technical people, they usually "get it" and
> don't care what tools I have used in the past, because they
> understand how quickly an experienced person can do a job using
> a new similar tool. To them, FrameMaker vs. Word, Visio vs.
> FlowCharter are trivial discussions rather than dealbreakers. In
> fact, they are sometimes annoyed that experienced candidates are
> being screened out due to inconsequential buzzwords.
If your resume doesn't have the right buzzwords, it's very likely
you won't get an interview at all; they have to screen out the
hundreds or thousands of applicants some way, after all.
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