Interview Tips : Permie v Contract

[pmeswani]

What a complete moron.

Compared to your response, northernladuk is spot on.

[kandr]

Compared to your response, northernladuk is spot on.

Hi nothernladUK

Anyway Simon, good luck with your contracting I hope it works out.

[d000hg]

I have a final interview for a contract where I am down to the last two, can anyone give me some tips that can give me the edge?!

Usually contract interviews are merely a technicality, well done you got it.

It's not a technicality for one of them then...

I suppose if you have low self esteem (nothernlad), or are incompetent (nothernlad), and trying to cover up then you may see interviews as a major challenge.(nothernlad)

Um, mods are there no stricter rules about fighting on the non-social boards? I don't just mean kandr but since he's spouting crap the most, people coming here for serious advice are going to get a bad impression of CUK. Can't we have a no-trolling rule on the serious boards?

[kandr]

It's not a technicality for one of them then...

Um, mods are there no stricter rules about fighting on the non-social boards? I don't just mean kandr but since he's spouting crap the most, people coming here for serious advice are going to get a bad impression of CUK. Can't we have a no-trolling rule on the serious boards?

My advice is based on my experience, how is it crap? Going crying to the mods though, lol you must be a sockie, no one is that much of of a pussy.


Ah wait, I apologise that was out of order.... sorry to all the pussies out there.

[kandr]

xxxxxxx, I mean, kandr, that was unnecessary.

Thats the guys username, the OP (SimonMac).

[TykeMerc]

Why is this Kandr sockpuppet/troll allowed to spout such tripe in the serious sections of CUK where people come for actual advice?

It's one thing trolling and willy waving on General or Light Relief, quite another doing it in Business or Accounts.

To answer the OP as a PM and in the past for technical roles my interviews have often been 45 mins to a couple of hours, it depends on the interviewer.

Sometimes the interviewers have understood that a contractor isn't a permie so the questions have avoided the permie type of issues, but that's probably only about 50% of the time. As you said the differences can be quite subtle.
The only edge you can have is to know your subject and come across as friendly, confident and competant without looking like a smartarse, sometimes getting the role is just down to personality fit.

[kandr]

Why is this Kandr sockpuppet/troll allowed to spout such tripe in the serious sections of CUK where people come for actual advice?

It's one thing trolling and willy waving on General or Light Relief, quite another doing it in Business or Accounts.

To answer the OP as a PM and in the past for technical roles my interviews have often been 45 mins to a couple of hours, it depends on the interviewer.

Sometimes the interviewers have understood that a contractor isn't a permie so the questions have avoided the permie type of issues, but that's probably only about 50% of the time. As you said the differences can be quite subtle.
The only edge you can have is to know your subject and come across as friendly, confident and competant without looking like a smartarse, sometimes getting the role is just down to personality fit.

Point taken, I use the newposts feature and didn't realize it was nor General, I apologise.

[pmeswani]

Hi nothernladUK

Anyway <OP's Real Name>, good luck with your contracting I hope it works out.

Firstly, I am not nothernladuk, so please don't address me as being someone else. If you can prove I am nothernladuk, I would be glad to hear it.

Secondly, grow up.

[Clippy]

Point taken, I use the newposts feature and didn't realize it was nor General, I apologise.

Ollocks - you've been trolling the entire site.

[realityhack]

kandr - whether or not you knew you were in the Business forum, this sort of behaviour is not acceptable. Have a short holiday courtesy of ContractorUK.