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Re: One easy lesson (WAS: Tech writing interviews)
Subject:Re: One easy lesson (WAS: Tech writing interviews) From:Diane Williams <diane_williams -at- YAHOO -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 17 Oct 1998 07:12:48 -0700
>>Dave said: There are a lot of those types out there looking for the
"one easy lesson!"
>>Geroge said: I remember interviewing for a TW job in Mountain View
once: the pubs department at the time was using Ventura and the
interviewer was bemoaning how the department couldn't use
AutoCAD-based artwork in their Ventura-based documents. When I told
him that wasn't true -- and told him how to do it -- he wound up
passing the info on to his pubs manager. There was supposed to be a
second interview, but it never showed. And I have a feeling I now
know why, the dogs...<<
Aren't we all eager to show how helpful we can be? I think in my
successful interviews, when I've been asked if I knew something or
could do something, I simply said "Yes." If an interviewer were to
press you for details you can ask, "Aren't you in the business of
selling your services to a customer? Yes? Well then, so am I!"
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~~Diane Williams
(703) 305-2973 at USDA Food & Consumer Services
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