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Re: How To Choose A Good TW Was Re: Giving a surprise test to interviewees?
Subject:Re: How To Choose A Good TW Was Re: Giving a surprise test to interviewees? From:David Neeley <dbneeley -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:27:21 -0600
Lee,
When I read the paragraph below, it suddenly struck me:
Most managers who have at least one really *good* tech writer would
much rather get a *non-unique* clone of that one than an unknown
"unique" one.
8:)
David
> And why should I care whether the writer is 'unique'? It seems a
> little more realistic to ask "Why do you believe you are a *good*
> technical writer?" or, even better, "Why do think you're a good fit
> for this job?".
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