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A friend of mine recently *landed* a job after a having an initial interview via Skype. YMMV.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Peter Gold
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:55 AM
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Subject: Re: Advice needed for an upcoming interview
On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:12:58 -0700, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
wrote:
What killed the deal was a later Skype interview with their chief systems
> engineer located in Canada. There is no way that I should have agreed
> to this form of interview, but the only way one gets good judgement is
> by exercising bad judgement. Never again for that!
Care to share what you learned from having done the Skype interview?
Regards,
Peter
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Peter Gold
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