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Subject:Re: Are you a "Mental Gymnast"? From:"Jan Cohen" <familyforever -at- mindspring -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:01:03 -0500
So what about the potential interviewee that responds in an honest and
couteous way, letting the potential employer in on the existence of things
like internet newsgroups containing answers to like questions, as well as a
fairly broad spectrum of other information?
Should he ask for a different question? }:^)
Jan Cohen
Ex-activist extraordinaire
Now Sr. Knowledge Developer (whatever that is)
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From: "John Fleming" <johntwrl -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: Are you a "Mental Gymnast"?
>
> On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:33:18 -0600 (CST), while duct-taped to a
> desk in the scriptorium, huey -at- interaccess -dot- com ("Gary S. Callison")
> wrote in part:
>
> As to why a potential employer might ask for an answer to that in a "help
> wanted" ad, I'm guessing there is a psychological reason.
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