Re: Interviews and Ethics

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In a message dated 97-06-13 09:22:57 EDT, cbamber -at- CASTEK -dot- COM (Candace Bamber)
writes:

<< I'm ashamed to say I never once handled the situation in a way I feel
proud
 of. I didn't lie outright, but I put a good face on the situation and did a
 "sell" of the company.>>
The bottom line really is what did the people who DID get hired think once
they were there?

<<  I decided that for as long as I worked there, it wasn't appropriate to
say negative things about them.  >>
Which is probably the ethical response.

Personally, I would simply have been very restrained, possibly said some of
the little good that did apply.  Also, it would have depended on the
candidate.  If you KNOW this person's likely to have a nervous breakdown in
your environment, you might be just a little more negative than if you have
someone like the son of a steelworker I once worked with, who basically
programmed like his father had probably built buildings:  few words, one
rivet at a time, and, hey, a job's a job.

Jim C.
Los Angeles
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