He was very serious about it and quite a bit upset as he considered I was lying in my application that I have the 5y experience. I also failed the job because of that :) (not 5y xp)
Oh well, sh*** happens everyday .... Corneliu. On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Arjang Assadi <[email protected]>wrote: > On 30 July 2010 09:30, Corneliu I. Tusnea <[email protected]> wrote: > > Years back when I came to Australia I applied to a job that required "5 > > years on VC++ Experience" (which I had). > > During the interview the guy noticed I had in my CV the position of > > "Technical Team Lead [for a 8 person team] & Senior Dev" that I had for 5 > > years doing VC++ and asked me: > > - How much of your time was dedicated to being the "TTL" of the team? > > - About 20-30% I said. > > 10 seconds later he said: > > - Well, you can't say you have 5 years of VC++ Experience then. You only > > have 4! As you spend the rest as TTL > > If there would ever be a book on Programmers Anecdotes that needs to be in > it. > Was he puling your leg with that comment? or trying to haggle you down > for salary? > > PS: Thanks for sharing, reality can be stranger than fiction. >
