Re: vague interview opener questions are irksome
[email protected] (Uri Guttman)
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>>>>> "JM" == James Moore <[email protected]> writes: JM> When I'm the interviewee, I do make a point of asking "why do you JM> like working here/why is this a great place to work?" Usually the JM> answers are pretty generic, but on one memorable occasion the guy JM> flat-out said it was a bad place to work, he was leaving soon, and JM> he wouldn't recommend taking the job. even in the dark days of the bust, i always interviewed the employer as much (if not more) than they interviewed me. i want to know how they do things, what kind of attitude they have to development, how the interviewer (whom i expect to work with) thinks, etc. in the course of a good interview we will both share war stories and past project descriptions and hopefully share a laugh or two about some doozy systems we had worked on. in the course of this (and it is not structured) you can learn much about the company and they about you. organized interviews and tests are meaningless to me. i want to see how they interact with me and me with them. that is the main issue, the rest is simple (except if they make you use outhouse and exchange for mail!! help me!!!) uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [email protected] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org