When; does your CV start to speak / do you stop getting asked the basics??

[northernladuk]

Fair enough, I on the other hand rather enjoyed the next 6 months of coming to work in boardies, jandles and singlets listening to my boss curse my name every time I capped his a$$ in our morning & afternoon rounds of Call of Duty. Don't get me wrong this fella was definitely a pro at his work too and the only people I ever felt he had guinue anger at were the pimps ringing him up fishing all the time ... now THEY wore some words

Bastard! I never get the good gigs

[moorfield]

Doing a telephone interview tomorrow. I will be seriously irritated if it becomes an exercise in how much I have memorized from a text book and can recite back to the interviewer - or mostly can't in my case.

Fortunately not that bad, although I did have to deal with the "What is polymorphism?" question and some stoopid "on the spot" question about clock faces.

[Scary]

If everyone got this one right I suppose they wouldn't ask it. Could be that some people manage to muddle through for a decade without grasping the basics (I've met morons with a decade's experience). Or perhaps just being able to give a clear explanation of the fundamentals bodes well for your ability in meetings with clients etc. Perhaps some candidates turn into stammering idiots even when they know the answer and just can't explain it clearly.

[thunderlizard]

It's not a question of time served. You only stop having to explain yourself when your reputation in your chosen field starts to go ahead of you. Networking, speaking at conferences, writing a paper or two all help. Easier if you're nichey.