[nylug-talk] Interview trolls

[Michael Bacarella]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 10:30:00AM -0400, sixtyfourbeets wrote:
> I had two interviews with two firms that posted jobs on nylug in the last
> few weeks.
> Kaplan tests was one of them, I interviewed with them about 1.5 months
> before
> they posted the same job on this list.  I interviewed with GridApp when they
> posted on nylug.

[...]

> But overall I am glad I was not hired at either one of these 'firms',
> they are both completely unprofessional.  I didn't like Kaplan
> because they are a bunch of rich kids who got the jobs
> they did with connections.  The crowd at Kaplan is a bunch of
> middle achieving wanna-be over-achievers who got their jobs based
> on connection, not on merit.

I'm sorry to hear about your experience.  Interviewing is stressful
enough for everyone involved that it could really do without the
obnoxious jerks enjoying their power trips.

In an effort to differentiate ourselves from the other people on that
NYLUG jobs list and attract more candidates to our listing

(8.|2007-05-21|Java / Python Developer|GPSHOPPER, LLC|New York City, NY)

I'm going to offer the following Jerk Free Guarantee to all applicants:

If you show up for an interview and, at any point, anyone at our
office is a jerk to you, based on a reasonable interpretation of
the word jerk, you are hereby granted the right to punch me, Michael
Bacarella, anywhere above the belt no questions asked.

-- 
Michael Bacarella