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Originally posted by chris79 View Postkept asking strange questions like "what attracts you to this role? It's far from glamorous"... just had a feeling there was something up with him and I was correct. I know this because there were 2 posts available and 3 candidates, and the story I heard today off the agency was that they had restructured it and decided they only needed 1 person.
Some clients really need to get a clue about interview technique.Comment
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Yeah, just one of those days I guess.. dry job market, 532523523 applicants for each job, lower and lower rates.. then fed back bullsh*t like "overqualified"..
Just felt like sharing my frustration with you all, I'm sure I'm not alone.The cycle of life: born > learn > work > learn > dead.Comment
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Just annoying too as it was 20 mins from my doorstep on what would have been my best rate ever..
Anyway, sorry. Rant over!!The cycle of life: born > learn > work > learn > dead.Comment
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Ive been involved in interviews whereby people have been rejected for being too good and experienced.
Client co knew the role on offer was dull, simple and unrewarding and felt that the guy in question would think so too and most likely leave as soon as he could get something else fixed up.
Client co were really looking for someone who would suck up tulipe through a straw and be happy. Client co ended up going with a grad with just a couple of years experience, and he worked out great. He was even enthusiastic about the tulipe through a straw action, almost like it was his first taste.
Consider yourself lucky to have missed out.Last edited by Pickle2; 27 January 2009, 17:21.The Mods stole my post count!Comment
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Originally posted by Pickle2 View Post...Client co were really looking for someone who would suck up tulipe through a straw and be happy. Client co ended up going with a grad with just a couple of years experience, and he worked out great. He was even enthusiastic about the tulipe through a straw action, almost like it was his first taste.
Consider yourself lucky to have missed out.Comment
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Originally posted by chris79 View PostJust annoying too as it was 20 mins from my doorstep on what would have been my best rate ever..
Anyway, sorry. Rant over!!
As everyone else says, onwards and upwards.Comment
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Sorry to hear that. Ofcourse, the excuse is bollocks. I have been for sevral jobs where in the interview it became apparent that I knew far more about the technology than the client chap did. I never get those jobs. Sometimes it is a fine line between impressing the client enough to get the job and scaring them off!Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
Officially CUK certified - Thick as f**k.Comment
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Originally posted by smiff View PostDuring the interviews for my last two gigs, the interviewers were hell bent on making the roles sound guff and saying I wouldn't like them. They offered them anyway.
Some clients really need to get a clue about interview technique.
Or, what (I have seen at least twice) oversell a a job as a "team leader" role coordinating the work of X staff, and say that it's critical to the sucess of the project when what they really want is someone to spend their week doing clear case merging to produce software releases.
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Ring them up and offer to send them a school leaver with a "...for Dummies" book instead if that would make them happier.Comment
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