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Subject:Re: The Results (Long)/Addendum From:Michele Davis <michele -at- krautgrrl -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:22:15 -0500
I agree with this. My husband is a programmer, and when we started
dating he didn't own a tie (!) or a suit (!) and he went to interviews
in jeans. He was criticized all the time by recruiters but he didn't
care b/c he's really smart and arrogant and naive enough to have thought
that his brains would be the thing that would sway the interview, which
it wasn't. But I do love a good project!
I have been considering offering etiquette classes. My friends tell me
that since Minnesota has an organization where people have a Deb ball
that they won't be needed, but I think they would be for the common
masses whose children will not be going to a coming out party.
Yesterday, in a doctor's office waiting for my daughter, I witnessed a
16 year old boy behaving horribly. He was snorting snot back into his
nose instead of getting a tissue (ew!) and then randomly calling girls
on his cell phone, talking really loud in this quiet office and hassling
these girls. Then his parents came out of the doctor's office and the
father was talking to the boy and he ignored his father and kept talking
to the girl on his cell phone. I was horrified. This is the kind of kid
that will not shake hands when he leaves an interview in five years. And
you know what they say about manners, "manners are in place to make
everyone feel comfortable."
Miss Manners
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Michele
"I've learned that sometimes all a person needs is a hand
to hold and a heart to understand." Andy Rooney
www.krautgrrl.com
Bruce Byfield wrote:
It's called common courtesy. In fact, the interviewer was showing a lack of
respect, just as I would be if I showed up dirty and in casual clothes.
An interview is no different from going to a wedding or a funeral, really. When
I go to an interview, I'm taking up somebody's time (to say nothing of making a
good impression). The interviewer is taking up my time (and, if I seem a likely
candidate, trying to convince me to sign). As a sign of respect to each other,
we both should be reasonably dressed.
