Then maybe you should have asked him "... and how many years driving experience do you have?" and then get him to do the math ;-)
-- Neale NOON On 30 July 2010 10:04, Corneliu I. Tusnea <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> > >
