Contract offered with no interview

[Fraidycat]

I'll do one better than your accountant. I don't believe single word you say. Made up story.

Were you even around at the time (year 2000)?

The £80ph contract a was ATG Dynamo Java gig, which was in demand at the time, wasnt uncommon to see contracts at even higher than £640 per day for that skill.

Java developers who knew how do basic JSP/Servlet stuff were also in huge demand at the time, £450 per day easy.

It was the dot com bubble era and startup dot com companies had lots of VC investment capital to splash around, they could easily match and beat the Investment Banking Java contractor rates of the day.

[northernladuk]

Back in 2000 there was consultancy looking for Java Devs for 80 per hour (£640 a day) without interview.

Agent wanted me to start on Monday.

I never took the role but was able to use it as leverage to get similar rate at my then current gig.
A jump from 55 per hour to 75per hour.

My accountant couldn't believe i had got such a large rate increase, he thought i had made a mistake on the invoice .

I'll do one better than your accountant. I don't believe single word you say. Made up story.

[Fraidycat]

Back in 2000 there was consultancy looking for Java Devs for 80 per hour (£640 a day) without interview.

Agent wanted me to start on Monday.

I never took the role but was able to use it as leverage to get similar rate at my then current gig.
A jump from 55 per hour to 75per hour.

My accountant couldn't believe i had got such a large rate increase, he thought i had made a mistake on the invoice .

[SueEllen]

In the last few years I've had short telephone interviews where I've thought - "Where are the technical questions?" Then had to go and met the client for the "second" interview. I then get told "I only had to meet you to tick HRs boxes".

[SussexSeagull]

Must confess my better contracts have been on the back of a short interview process. The ones with several stages just seem to keep going until they find someone to think of a reason not to get you on board.

[David71]

Once had a text from an IT Director I happened to know....'you're a contractor, want a contract?'
Another time had a WhatsApp message from a chap in a public sector organisation....'What do I have to put in an ITT to make sure you're the only qualified applicant?'

Neither had the highest day rate, but both had very short interviews

[biergarten]

I think you're the only person who ever thought I said something worth paying attention to

slow and naive is my condition

i'll try this is second and last

won't promise

[ladymuck]

lol, thanks, I was just about to mark myself. probably you are right, will check recruitment company info. should be enough.

I think you're the only person who ever thought I said something worth paying attention to

[biergarten]

My best interview in the savoy (Dubai contract)

Meet chap, shake hands ask it I want a drink

I say a pint please

Thank god he says, was his 5th interview and all others wanted water / coffee

Start drinking pint

Do you play golf he says

Yes indeed say I

Do you follow football

Ohh yes, talk about football for 30 mins

When can you start he says (without any other conversation)

Basically he just wanted a mate in Dubai to play golf and drink with and talk about football

That was a great year


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brilliant, it'd have matched my skills

[NotAllThere]

Basically he just wanted a mate in Dubai to play golf and drink with and talk about football

I had a boss like that. But it was his predecessor that recruited me.