Mike, I received your first off-color flame, and am wondering if you read my email in its entirety, I by no means would 'pop-quiz' a candidate. If you just read the questions and are assuming that it was 'SURPRISE!', it explains alot. But if not, I'd ask you to justify your comments and character assaults.
-Edward ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk@lists.nyphp.org> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 11:40 PM Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] Oh... Interviewing > Frankly, I think that is an arrogant and fascist interviewing technique. > You only mention informing the candidate about the "test" AFTER the > fact. Putting an already nervous candidate on the "hot seat" with a > surpise 'examine' like they were some kind of a highschool student is > unconscionably irresponsible and most certainly an offensive act and can > easily be interpreted by the candidate as a hostile environment. > Furthermore, I think that the candidate would be completely justified in > just saying goodbye rather than playing your silly little game. IMHO. > You probably already lost the best candidate for the job with your game > playing so you deserve whatever you get as a result. > > The bottom line: Do unto others as you would have done onto you... > > Having been on both sides of that table many, many times, you have much > to learn about interviewing techniques. Unfortunately, you can not > repair the damage you have already done to the candidates you have > already humiliated with your arrogance and inexperience. > > Too bad... > > regards, mikesz > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
