This is nothing new.. I found this to be typical interviewing technique at several start-ups that I had interviewed with over the past 3-4 years. The questioning would get extremely detailed, and in my opinion, way too focused (for a first interview). I learned to recognize some tell-tale signs.. for instance, where my most of my responses to specific questions got an immediate reaction like " but what if you already tried that and it didn't work? .. what else would you do"... and the questioning would proceed way down, into the micro-level on this one problem.
It was so blatant at one interview that, after a grueling 2 hours, I finally stood up and said "hire me and you'll find out", then walked out. They called me back for a second interview! .. I kindly declined.. Be Good, George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Javor" <ken.ja...@emccompliance.com> To: "Doug McKean" <dmck...@corp.auspex.com>; "EMC-PSTC Discussion Group" <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 12:54 AM Subject: Re: Some slightly disturbing interview news ... > > Happened to me personally, but not in Silly Valley. > > ---------- > >From: "Doug McKean" <dmck...@corp.auspex.com> > >To: "EMC-PSTC Discussion Group" <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> > >Subject: Some slightly disturbing interview news ... > >Date: Wed, May 15, 2002, 6:45 PM > > > > > > > Times are tough all round but there's no need to > > make things tougher. Here in Silly Valley, things > > are tough and I have made some attempts to > > find a few people jobs in my spare time. These > > are people I know personally. I'm sure I'm > > not alone in this venture. I'm sure most if not > > everyone on this list would also help. > > > > One headhunter who called me wanted to know if > > I was just plain nuts or just some sort of a good guy > > handing a job offer off to someone I knew who was > > looking. I told him it was none of his business <smirk>, > > just make sure to give so-and-so a call. Which they do. > > > > Unfortunately, what I have personally experienced > > in the past (rarely), and what appears to be happening > > at least with a few of companies currently is the following ... > > > > EMC job opening is posted. Resumes are sent. > > A few candidates are selected for interviews. > > Most of the interview centers on questions about > > how to solve some problems that are being > > experienced by said company. Then there's a > > decision not to hire anyone. Purchase req for > > new hires is closed. All candidates are rejected. > > > > A few months later, same company goes through > > the whole thing again. Only this time, there's a > > different set of questions to problems all being > > experienced by said company. Both sets of questions > > involving "how-would-you-solve-this" type of problems. > > > > I'm sure most of you know where I'm going with this. > > At the end of the day, the company or whoever in the > > company, has their solution or solutions. > > > > I'm not crying about this. My questions are ... > > Comes with the turf? > > Are you surprised to hear such a thing? > > Not surprised? > > Has is happened to you? > > Heard that it does happen but rarely and with > > some other company somewhere else? > > Happens all the time? > > Never happens? > > You gotta be kidden? > > So that's what that was all about! Thanks. > > Yea, but whaddaya gonna do about it? > > Well, if it does happen, so much the > > better I don't work there ... > > Etc ... > > > > Regards, Doug McKean > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > > majord...@ieee.org > > with the single line: > > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > > Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com > > Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com > > > > For policy questions, send mail to: > > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" > > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com > Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. 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