Happened to me personally, but not in Silly Valley. ---------- >From: "Doug McKean" <dmck...@corp.auspex.com> >To: "EMC-PSTC Discussion Group" <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> >Subject: Some slightly disturbing interview news ... >Date: Wed, May 15, 2002, 6:45 PM >
> > Times are tough all round but there's no need to > make things tougher. Here in Silly Valley, things > are tough and I have made some attempts to > find a few people jobs in my spare time. These > are people I know personally. I'm sure I'm > not alone in this venture. I'm sure most if not > everyone on this list would also help. > > One headhunter who called me wanted to know if > I was just plain nuts or just some sort of a good guy > handing a job offer off to someone I knew who was > looking. I told him it was none of his business <smirk>, > just make sure to give so-and-so a call. Which they do. > > Unfortunately, what I have personally experienced > in the past (rarely), and what appears to be happening > at least with a few of companies currently is the following ... > > EMC job opening is posted. Resumes are sent. > A few candidates are selected for interviews. > Most of the interview centers on questions about > how to solve some problems that are being > experienced by said company. Then there's a > decision not to hire anyone. Purchase req for > new hires is closed. All candidates are rejected. > > A few months later, same company goes through > the whole thing again. Only this time, there's a > different set of questions to problems all being > experienced by said company. Both sets of questions > involving "how-would-you-solve-this" type of problems. > > I'm sure most of you know where I'm going with this. > At the end of the day, the company or whoever in the > company, has their solution or solutions. > > I'm not crying about this. My questions are ... > Comes with the turf? > Are you surprised to hear such a thing? > Not surprised? > Has is happened to you? > Heard that it does happen but rarely and with > some other company somewhere else? > Happens all the time? > Never happens? > You gotta be kidden? > So that's what that was all about! Thanks. > Yea, but whaddaya gonna do about it? > Well, if it does happen, so much the > better I don't work there ... > Etc ... > > Regards, Doug McKean > > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com > Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
