This test may sound stupid, but based on Mark's description I'd say they were attempting to assess creativity and troubleshooting skills. Sometimes pure technical skills aren't enough. Thinking "outside the box" is a big part of what an employer is looking for. I'd say a company as big as SNS has plenty of experience in hiring and knows what they're doing in making this part of the interview.
Jay Dunn IPI*GrammTech, Ltd. www.ipi-gt.com Nunquam Facilis Est -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Neiberger Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: My interview story [7:40553] Why would you want to work for a place with such stupid interviews in the first place? If they select their employees based on how they play "Stranded in the Desert" or whatever the heck that was, then it's probably best you don't work there. I'm sure the management there is awful. Stuff like that is a sure sign their managers have too much time on their hands, and there's almost nothing worse than a clueless manager with too much time. Someone needs to send those managers a Dilbert calendar! I'm sorry to hear it didn't go well, but you should forget about them and move on to a better company. John ---- On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Mark Zhang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > hi,everybody,I have a interview appointment at 9:00 AM. > The position is Network Engineer in SNS(schlumberger network solutions > sector).But I falled,at least i think so. > At first,every candidater have a chance to intraduce oneself for 1 > minute in > English.Then every 5 person get a group to play a game named Desert > Survive.Game as this:Just image you and some people lose in a deep > desert by > an airplane problem,so plz list the most important thing to the lest > from 15 > tools you could use,first time by your own choose,the second by your > group. > Maybe I do not show good in the self-introduce,then I paly the game,I > choose > more close to the expert answer the my group,but the schlumberger do not > think I as the right person they are looking for. > what a pity!I experienced in Motorola and a network company,have design > a > large scare voip network include about 40 nods,familiar with Cisco,But > why?Just because a lose in the game? > > B.RMark Zhang > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=40569&t=40553 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
