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Subject:RE: Another question I've had for years... From:Rose -dot- Wilcox -at- aps -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:18:28 -0700
> "How would you get information from subject matter experts that are
> being...difficult? Let's say that they never had the time to speak
> with you, or they were reluctant to give you the information that you
> needed."
To all the other excellent replies to this thread, I will add, that when
I am a hiring manager and I ask that question (and others like it), I am
not so much looking for the "right" answer, as I am looking for people's
thinking. I want to see solution-oriented thinking. If someone had
told me they would doggedly pursue a SME, that would not get as high as
points as someone who listed a couple of different approaches or who
said they would match the SME's preferences/personality.... That doesn't
mean they wouldn't be hired, because that is just one
"problem-solving-type" question I ask....
Rosie
Rose A. Wilcox
Center for Process Excellence, CHQ 8th Floor
602-250-3195
Willow: Cibo Matto? They're playing?
Xander: No, Willow, they're gonna be clog dancing.
Willow: Cibo Matto can clog dance? (gets a look from Xander) Oh,
sarcasm, right.
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