christelsabine 1 #26 March 8, 2012 Quote shut up you fucking german spelling-nazi! Sweety, it's still called "German", the Nazi is not that important .... dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #27 March 8, 2012 Quote I like to think of them as Company Interviews I recently got word from a recruiter that one company was looking to hire someone with a very good skill match to me, and only three miles from my house (running distance for me). I thought Great, but then I did a Google search for "(company name) sucks". I do this for all the smaller companies I've never heard of, and most of the time, you get one or two reports. No big deal. But in this case, there were over a dozen different pages, where former employees took the time to create their very own web pages, dedicated to telling of their negative employee experiences at said company. I wrote back to the recruiter and told him about it, declining the interview. So yeah, it is, in part, a company interview Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likestojump 3 #28 March 8, 2012 never had one in all of my adult life ... never in my life wore a tie or a suit to work :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #29 March 8, 2012 self-employed!? you dont get a job around here without being interviewed really.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #30 March 8, 2012 just looked up some companies i used to work for.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #31 March 8, 2012 and surely my prayers and good vibes sent over the last five daze had absolutely nothing to do with your hiring.... ;P CONGRATULATIONs my brother! :) :) :) i see you started an "altitude adj" thread... You didn't jumP the bridge on the way back like we discussed? LOOSER! ;P ha lmao Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #32 March 8, 2012 thanks bud, sure it helped! nah, didnt jump it, only have a 38" for now, should have a 42" at least, probably would of worked anyway, but i'm too much of a chicken-shit to find out! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawn_dart 0 #33 March 8, 2012 Quote a guy once asked me if i knew how much a "boeing" weighs; my answer was "depending on it's lineout and type, somehwere between 200-300 tons". are you suggesting i should of said "i dont know!"? This kind of question is a common interview question. The correct answer (actually a question) is with or without people? There are variants to this question like - How many pennies to fill this room? The answer they are looking for is with or without furniture? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #34 March 9, 2012 42“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KCJumper 0 #35 March 9, 2012 Microsoft's famous question is "why are man hole covers in the road, round?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #36 March 9, 2012 Because it's impossible for it to fall thru the hole?"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KCJumper 0 #37 March 9, 2012 That's the answer. If it was square some idiot could drop it through on edge. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #38 March 9, 2012 Quote"why are man hole covers in the road, round?" Because the hole is round. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #39 March 9, 2012 Congrats VB If you need a job, a interview helpsThis job has to be better than being in prison One Jump Wonder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #40 March 9, 2012 Quote I like to think of them as Company Interviews Yup I interview THEM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #41 March 9, 2012 Quote but it was in the french part of switzerland, so it's all good, "time works different there"! We are the Welschwoche scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #42 March 9, 2012 Quote Quote I like to think of them as Company Interviews Yup I interview THEM As all prudent people do. Most people spend more waking hours working each week than doing anything else which makes the specifics a very significant part of their life. Most people will also make more money off their employment than any other investment using money or sweat equity. Even if you don't have much choice at the time it's better to know what you're getting into beforehand. I was amused to receive a linkedin mail about xx of my connections changing jobs over the last year including one of the founders at a company I'd turned down because I thought they'd crater due to a business plan I could poke holes in and engineering practices which weren't the best. A little digging turned up a posting that their VCs pulled the plug and they laid off most the staff with commentary stating that their sales cycle was long and unpredictable and the customers weren't happy with performance/stability/how long fixes took and matched promises which were exactly as I predicted. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trafficdiver 8 #43 March 9, 2012 Quote Quote a guy once asked me if i knew how much a "boeing" weighs; my answer was "depending on it's lineout and type, somehwere between 200-300 tons". are you suggesting i should of said "i dont know!"? This kind of question is a common interview question. The correct answer (actually a question) is with or without people? There are variants to this question like - How many pennies to fill this room? The answer they are looking for is with or without furniture? What kind of Boeing? A 747 and 737 are going to have much different weights? You know, it's a like the difference between the airspeed of an unladen swallow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #44 March 9, 2012 Quote Quote Quote a guy once asked me if i knew how much a "boeing" weighs; my answer was "depending on it's lineout and type, somehwere between 200-300 tons". are you suggesting i should of said "i dont know!"? This kind of question is a common interview question. The correct answer (actually a question) is with or without people? There are variants to this question like - How many pennies to fill this room? The answer they are looking for is with or without furniture? What kind of Boeing? A 747 and 737 are going to have much different weights? You know, it's a like the difference between the airspeed of an unladen swallow. african or european swallow!?“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #45 March 12, 2012 first day at work, dramatically changed job-description, but it's oh-so-more challenging; i'm a project-manager now! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #46 March 13, 2012 Quote I did a Google search for "(company name) sucks". I do this for all the smaller companies I've never heard of, and most of the time, you get one or two reports. 6 150 000 results for one of the companies I used to work for!!! Sure, a lot will not really be exact matches, but still... At least the first several pages I checked were 100% about this company sucking. 1 550 000 for another... 2 060 for another... 85 for current company, although none are good matches."There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #47 March 13, 2012 QuoteThat's the answer. If it was square some idiot could drop it through on edge. ...AND, what other shape would fit that need? Elvisio "now they just ask me how much I weigh" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #48 March 17, 2012 Quote the worst i remember, i got up after like 2 minutes of being offended on exactly EVERYTHING i ever did, all my testaments, from an overweight bitch (read 400lbs), the woman looked like she was in a real messy accident with her make-up, wasnt prepared AT ALL, made a total mess of my documents and.. i got up and said "sorry, this doesnt make ANY sense, i think we're going nowhere together, i wish you a nice day!" and left. funny story, the guys yesterday were late, which for a company that is affiliated with pretty expensive watches is even more notable! but it was in the french part of switzerland, so it's all good, "time works different there"! I was just in Switzerland recently for a vacation. who will you be working for (There are so many)? Congrats on your job. I am fortunate that because I'm way out here, interviews are pretty much by phone. mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SivaGanesha 2 #49 March 18, 2012 Quotewhenever i've had what i perceived to be a good interview on the VERY rare occasions you "click" with someone and have a good chat, i never got it. this is strange! That's been my experience as well. I believe that when they are serious about you as a candidate, they push you very hard in the interview because they want to get a sense of your limits--since they expect to be working with you. If they just have a nice friendly chat then it means they aren't so serious about finding out about your actual capabilities. Congrats on the job BTW!"It's hard to have fun at 4-way unless your whole team gets down to the ground safely to do it again!"--Northern California Skydiving League re USPA Safety Day, March 8, 2014 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #50 March 18, 2012 QuoteThat's been my experience as well. I believe that when they are serious about you as a candidate, they push you very hard in the interview because they want to get a sense of your limits--since they expect to be working with you. If they just have a nice friendly chat then it means they aren't so serious about finding out about your actual capabilities. My recent experience this last decade says you are spot on correct. I have worked at more than 20 different organizations in a software development career than spans more than 27 years now (why 20 companies? it's just the nature of my business. I join an organization to develop a new product, once you are done you move on to the next project). Back in the 1990s some of my interviews were fairly easy and during the DOT COM era several times I went into interviews where they were offering you a job right then and there. But in the last decade I have encountered some easy interviews and some real high stress technical interviews. Funny thing here, in the last 10 years I never got hired when I was not grilled with hard technical questions. I was only hired by the organizations that grilled me. Job Interviews suck ... but they are part of the beast. Just remember we are also interviewing them. You never know what working for an organization is like until you are in the doors. But sometimes you can get an idea from the interview and run for the door if they do not answer your questions the way you want them to. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
