RE: Conducting interviews

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some business is not worth having.

Paul Nelson
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
DrFranken
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 8:57 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Conducting interviews

I actually lost a contract job years ago because the lawyers that 
interviewed me (it was a law firm) didn't like the fact that they could 
see a seat belt mark on the shoulder of my suit coat (YES I wore a suit!)

When they called to tell me this I asked if the interview would have 
been more efficient had I mentioned that down in the parking garage was 
my Big Red Dodge 4x4, two chainsaws, a hand saw, an axe, and a splitting 
maul. I got: "Thank you for your time." <click>

Never was I so happy to not get a contract.

         - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 8/27/2016 12:13 AM, Scott Klement wrote:
> I've found that if you show up for the interview with a chainsaw and
> lots of red makeup/ketchup all over you, it turns off the interviewee.
>
> Probably better not to do that.
>
> (This advice is free.)
>
>
> On 08/26/16 05:54, Michael Schutte wrote:
> > I'm a bit nervous. Today was supposed to be me attending an interview
> > not leading it.
> >
> > But here we are.  Time for me to break out of my shell.
> >
> > Does anyone have any tips or things I should be asking?  We are
> > interviewing a consultant for RPGLE position.
> >
> > Would it be appropriate to ask them to find a bug in a 20 line procedure?
> >
> > We haven't had much success lately with people that can debug issues.
> > This to me is a biggie.  This particular issue I expect someone to be
> > able to find just looking at the code. I discovered it yesterday going
> > to have fixed today.  I just thought this would give me some insight
> > on the person problem solving ability.
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone