Currently interviewing a Bob

[Pondlife]

Are you sure he was Indian? He might have been Welsh; they sound the same to me.

Prompt: Zeity explodes into rage

It's all dutch to me.

[wobbegong]

I've worked with Sri Lankans, some of whom had appalling spoken English, and in a BA role it put a lot of users backs up.

Not a racist thing, they were just too busy to have to explain everything twice and have to try to translate the reply. In addition, some took the view that there were other chaps from Sri Lanka in the department with far better English available, why not use one of them?

[suityou01]

I've worked with Sri Lankans, some of whom had appalling spoken English, and in a BA role it put a lot of users backs up.

Not a racist thing, they were just too busy to have to explain everything twice and have to try to translate the reply. In addition, some took the view that there were other chaps from Sri Lanka in the department with far better English available, why not use one of them?

We have some internal customers in India. I tried to manoevre his appointment in this direction, but the final nail was this would be his first contract.

Not a problem for me, but it was for the rest of the panel.

Gutted. A good guy who sounded very bright and motivated.

[wobbegong]

We have some internal customers in India. I tried to manoevre his appointment in this direction, but the final nail was this would be his first contract.

Not a problem for me, but it was for the rest of the panel.

Gutted. A good guy who sounded very bright and motivated.

Yeah, it's a shame if he's a bright lad, but the bottom line is a lot of 'Joe Public' are intolerant to thick Indian accents, especially if it affects their productivity. A typical example being call centres, many have flawless accents but if you get someone with a thick accent it can make the whole conversation very heavy going.

[thunderlizard]

You'll be dead by teatime

[minestrone]

Yeah, it's a shame if he's a bright lad, but the bottom line is a lot of 'Joe Public' are intolerant to thick Indian accents, especially if it affects their productivity. A typical example being call centres, many have flawless accents but if you get someone with a thick accent it can make the whole conversation very heavy going.

That must be a wind up. Accents are relative and it must be the fault of a regional accented person from a region of the UK that he has entered into a contract with a UK company and support calls are given to a company who cannot understand regional UK accents. Aye right.

It is not their accent that is the problem in my experience. It is the fact you describe a job, a problem, a task and they often reply with...

"hmmmmmmm, yes, I see the problem, yes, I know what the problem is, can you describe it to me again?"

Their educational ability, on average, is shocking and sadly we are expected to work with a bunch of no marks as they are 20% of our cost.

[suityou01]

That must be a wind up. Accents are relative and it must be the fault of a regional accented person from a region of the UK that he has entered into a contract with a UK company and support calls are given to a company who cannot understand regional UK accents. Aye right.

It is not their accent that is the problem in my experience. It is the fact you describe a job, a problem, a task and they often reply with...

"hmmmmmmm, yes, I see the problem, yes, I know what the problem is, can you describe it to me again?"

Their educational ability, on average, is shocking and sadly we are expected to work with a bunch of no marks as they are 20% of our cost.

Come now my pure English speaking chum, his degree was first class from a top Indian university.

He did honestly know his stuff, and gave far more detailed answers than any of the previous candidates, including answers that I would consider worthy of my lofty standards.

He has never contracted before, so some clients only want seasoned contractors. Ho hum. I wish him all the best, genuinely.

[minestrone]

Come now my pure English speaking chum, his degree was first class from a top Indian university.

He did honestly know his stuff, and gave far more detailed answers than any of the previous candidates, including answers that I would consider worthy of my lofty standards.

He has never contracted before, so some clients only want seasoned contractors. Ho hum. I wish him all the best, genuinely.

I made the point that I was viewing the average and the average I have encountered is not a highly skilled worker. I am sure that is the average view of UK based IT workers.

I have worked for a few companies who are willing to take on offshore bobs but go through an interview process willing to accept that the person you interview is not the person you are hiring. Caveat emptor.

[RichardCranium]

I made the point that I was viewing the average and the average I have encountered is not a highly skilled worker. I am sure that is the average view of UK based IT workers.

Is that a mean average?






IGMC, shall I?

[Platypus]

including answers that I would consider worthy of my lofty standards.

Ah..... that explains why he didn't get the job - he was obviously a numpty