That may be true, but it just sounds like something straight off the pages of Dilbert. :-)
I know personally I wouldn't respond to such an interview well. If someone wants to test my creativity and troubleshooting, then they should mock up a lab and throw it at me. Perhaps that's because I'm not used to the idea of being psychologically tested during an interview. What's next, ink blot tests? Values clarification drills? Written personality tests? I can see it now: "We're sorry, you're an INTJ but we really want an ESTJ for this position." Okay, I've got to stop answering email this early. :-) John ---- On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Jay Dunn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 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] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=40576&t=40553 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
