Re: Interview From Hell

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- YAHOO -dot- COM>]

> > Julie Badger wrote about an interviewer asking her
> to
> > describe how'd she'd clean up an expansive mess
> her
> > dog had made.
> >
> > Julie, I agree this SEEMS like an odd question up
> > front, but it's not. It really does show how a

I agree...it isn't an odd question....if you are
interviewing household domestics. Asking a question
about the 3rd corrolary of the 4th premise about the
theory of relativity isn't a weird question...if you
are interviewing for a position as physicists at a
Scandia.

A question only becomes weird in the wrong
environment, and asking about how to clean a mess in
your kitchen is wierd for a techn writer position.

As a tech writer, how would I clean up the mess? Start
from one side of the pile, throw away the bad stuff,
put away the good stuff, and make a sandwich with the
bologna, salami, and provolone cheese if it's not
green yet.

Does this make me a good tech writer?

> > candidate would organize chaos into meaning, which
> is
> > exactly what we do as technical writers.
>
> I wonder how many points locking the dog out of the
> room is good for?

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