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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
It's really hard to make flipping burgers sound different at MacD's vs BKBut I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
We had a few laughs at Little Chef and Bernie inns. A Mate's claim to fame is he lasted 45 minutes at MaccyDs including a 15 minute break.Comment
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Got approached by the internal hiring team from a company. Their recruitment process looks like this:
Our hiring process will take an average of 10 days:
Stage 1 - Phone Interview - 20min
Stage 2 - Take Home Technical Challenge - 2h
Stage 3 - Technical interview - 90 min
Stage 4 - Planning & Delivery Interview - 60min
Stage 5 - Meet the CTO or Engineering Manager
Stage 6 - Meet the team
What a wonderful time to be alive.Comment
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Originally posted by GigiBronz View PostGot approached by the internal hiring team from a company. Their recruitment process looks like this:
Our hiring process will take an average of 10 days:
Stage 1 - Phone Interview - 20min
Stage 2 - Take Home Technical Challenge - 2h
Stage 3 - Technical interview - 90 min
Stage 4 - Planning & Delivery Interview - 60min
Stage 5 - Meet the CTO or Engineering Manager
Stage 6 - Meet the team
What a wonderful time to be alive.
You're a contractor. You run a company. It takes work for a company to win new business. See the interview process as a sales process, that's all. Or think like a permie and see it as a job interview.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
He probably did no one takes notice of the list of technologies on the bottom of the CV, what you look at is the project experience.
In my experience, the obscure technologes, such as SNMP, are especially well-worth including as these can put you above the crowdWork in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
No human may do, but computers do, which is why it is worth listing every major python module or .Net add-on etc you have ever used, for keyword searches
In my experience, the obscure technologes, such as SNMP, are especially well-worth including as these can put you above the crowdAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
I worked at a little chef for a while. Only evenings and weekends as I was at school at time. Didn't stay for very long, probably only about 3 or 4 months.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
always mention it, apparently being willing to take tulip from feckwits makes me special.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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