As I sit around drinking coffee a lot, I ask about the chairs and the coffee.
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Questions to ask during interview to filter out tulip clients
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Originally posted by pauldee View PostI was recently asked the classic question 'what are you hoping to get from this role' question. I thought it was odd to ask a contractor that and basically replied it wasn't their job to do anything for me.See You Next TuesdayComment
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Originally posted by pauldee View PostI was recently asked the classic question 'what are you hoping to get from this role' question.
2. An extension (if I am happy in the role)
3. Challenges that make me think, allow me to apply past experiences, and learn for the future
But mostly 1.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by WTFH View Post1. My invoices paid on time
2. An extension (if I am happy in the role)
3. Challenges that make me think, allow me to apply past experiences, and learn for the future
But mostly 1.
3 would be the deciding factor in me staying or going come renewal.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by Lance View Postdid you get the role after that flippant answer?Comment
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Originally posted by pauldee View PostI was recently asked the classic question 'what are you hoping to get from this role' question. I thought it was odd to ask a contractor that and basically replied it wasn't their job to do anything for me.Comment
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Originally posted by Bee View PostNot odd, they are working on your expectations.
All your comments so far are totally permie focussed and don't look like contractor questions at all. You have no idea of IR35 and other methods of working in the UK so most of your advice is actually steering people in to trouble not away from it.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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[QUOTE=northernladuk;2325037You don't ask a builder what his expectations are when he comes to do your extension do you?
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No. He does that at the annual performance review. Obviously.See You Next TuesdayComment
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Originally posted by Lance View PostNo. He does that at the annual performance review. Obviously.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostIt is odd. I have no idea what the rest of you put means. You are a supplier and you deliver what the client wants. You don't ask a builder what his expectations are when he comes to do your extension do you?
All your comments so far are totally permie focussed and don't look like contractor questions at all. You have no idea of IR35 and other methods of working in the UK so most of your advice is actually steering people in to trouble not away from it.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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