Whil Hentzen wrote: > Lots of good ideas in the thread... > > 1. To reiterate, have them show you what they can do. Give them some > work and have them perform it. I've repeated the old "don't you want to > see me kick some footballs" story often enough. <s>
Yes, that was a great analogy from your book that has stuck with me, especially in interviews I've gone on for consulting and/or perm work. > > 2. The _first_ thing out of your mouth when you talk to them should be > to describe the job: "Your job is to break our software and document how > you did it so we can fix it. We _know_ it works perfectly so that's why > we're not testing it." Right. I've made the comment that we don't want a "yes" man but someone who can find ways to break it that we didn't consider and that another such user might encounter. > > "You have to be clever. You have to be devious. You have to be rigorous. > You have to be able to work nice with others even though you're making > their lives miserable. If we send crappy software out the door, it's > YOUR FAULT. (Well, sort of - mgt might have a voice in that too...)..." > > Then... near the end of whatever meetings/interviews you have, ask them > to sum up the job in one or two sentences. If they don't repeat "My job > is to break the software and tell you guys how I did it.", they weren't > paying attention. This is such a choice (unusual) description of a job; > if they don't glom onto immediately, pass 'em by. > > Whil Excellent...thank you! _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
