RE: Portfolios

["Bill Swallow" <wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com>]

I've been in the interviewer's chair a few times. Personally, I expect that
you've written technical info, published to print and online, and have
worked on help files if you're interviewing for anything other than an
entry-level position. Seeing what you've done brings me little comfort as to
your ability to do it. I'd much rather you talked about it, especially your
challenges. How you talk about what you did is much more valuable than
showing me the end result. *Anyone* could have done that portfolio for
you... If you can talk me through your best and worst days, best and worst
projects, and really show me you know your stuff, well, who cares about the
portfolio, really. I've already "seen" all I need with which to make a
decision.

Bill Swallow
wswallow -at- nycap -dot- rr -dot- com


::: -----Original Message-----
::: But they always ask me what I did, or what I've been
::: doing, and I find it a lot easier to show than just
::: tell.  After all, talk's cheap. They want to *see*
::: what I've done for someone else to get an idea of what
::: I can do for them.



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