[nylug-talk] Interview trolls

[Miguel Gonzalez Castaños]

sixtyfourbeets escribió:
>> I was just thinking (having gone through 7 months of interviewing last
>> year) it would be great if there were a web site where people could post
>> anonymously about their interview experiences because it seems to me that
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>> there is no way to provide feedback to a company about how good (or bad)
>> their interviewing process is.
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> That would put the shoe on the other foot and help clean up the acts of
> some of these headhunters and HR departments.
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>> I interviewed for a PHP developer position last year and at one point was
>> asked a bunch of questions about C++ (apart from the fact it was a PHP
>> position, the point is that C++ was nowhere on my resume - huh?).
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> One of the things Shannon from GridApp mentioned to me was how they were
> having
> trouble finding qualified applicants.  Well gee, they posted for two
> positions
> clearly stating any level, I think I would safely fit somewhere in between
> intermediate and advanced.
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> One particular ugly incident I had was with an Adam Smith from a headhunting
> agency called OptionsGroup asmith at optionsgroup.com
> He said that I had to change my resume and put a degree in there which I did
> not.
> What a degenerate.
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> Another recent interview was at clickandbuy.com with Eric Normant and
> another
> guy.  Somehow we go to talking about copy-and-pasting code and I said I
> wouldn't do
> it.  He quickly asked 'why not'?!  Implying that he would do it.  He may not
> do it
> which would lead me to believe that he was intentionally seeking to mislead
> me.
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> What burns me the most is not that the companies I have interviewed with
> feel I
> am not qualified enough.  I respect a company that would tell me, even via
> email that I am not qualified.  What burns me is how they basically waste my
> time with how these companies meander in their line of questioning to
> mislead
> the applicant or subtly insult the applicants intelligence.  That is
> basically
> disrespectful to the applicant.
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In Spain there is a website called trabajobasura.com (junkjobs.com) 
where you can see a list of consulting companies and people who were 
working for them. Consulting in Spain has nothing to do with consulting 
in the US. Wages are lower and what they actually do is staffing 
(subcontracting).

Miguel