On Jul 3, 2007, at 7:24 PM, Eric Bielefeld wrote:
Jim,
Thanks for the kind words. I do have problems with negative
thinking, although I think in the last couple of interviews I came
across pretty positively. I know in one interview, the hiring
manager said that no one she had interviewed thus far had
everything she wanted.
I think I'm limited as a sysprog because I've never done any DBA
work or CICS. Those things are almost always listed in job
descriptions. I suspect that in most bigger shops, they have
people who do just CICS or just DB2 or IMS, but they still list
those things as required knoledge.
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
414-475-7434
Eric,
Quite a few years ago I interviewed in the north suburbs of Chicago.
In the interview they indicated they wanted experience in "X". I was
frank and told the person that I didn't have experience in "X" , but
I had quite a bit of experience in "Y" (which was in the same
ballpark of "X") and I indicated a willingness to learn about "X" as
it was a small step from "Y". They indicated that they were only
interested in people that had experience in "X". I figured at that
point I had nothing to loose and said "My resume didn't indicate any
knowledge in "X" why was I brought in for the interview? The person
said so that the people that worked for him could gain experience
interviewing. I said well thanks for wasting my time. I was really
ticked off as I had taken time off from my current job and had rented
a car and had gone through hoops to get the interview. I got home and
wrote a letter to the head of HR of the company and very nicely
telling him thanks for wasting my time. I was actually surprised I
got a reply back saying he talked to the manager and it wouldn't
happen again.
Ed
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