People that interview but have no clue how to do it

[fullyautomatix]

[suityou01]

And why are you flouncing?

[MarillionFan]

Agree totally, but surely the protocol is

1] Read CV.
2] Based on the contents of the CV decide if you want to interview or not.

This is my point.

Sometimes it's not so black and white. So you have to interview to make sure that the CV matches the skillsets and the interviewee is not some kind of closet case.

[fullyautomatix]

Burger King or McDonalds?

He said no cheap shots.

Nandos or PizzaHut ?

[fullyautomatix]

And why are you flouncing?

Not flouncing, waving at you from behind the interviewer desk. :

[suityou01]

Sometimes it's not so black and white. So you have to interview to make sure that the CV matches the skillsets and the interviewee is not some kind of closet case.

So basically, what you're saying here was that just because my CV said I hadn't used the skills in 10 years, they needed to hear it from me in person.

[MarillionFan]

So basically, what you're saying here was that just because my CV said I hadn't used the skills in 10 years, they needed to hear it from me in person.

I sometimes get contacted by interviewers about skills I haven't used for ten years. Most times it's a brief chat and it doesn't go anywhere. One time I landed up with an interview and an offer. It depends on how could you are at lying I suppose.

[fullyautomatix]

Agree totally, but surely the protocol is

1] Read CV.
2] Based on the contents of the CV decide if you want to interview or not.

This is my point.

You do have to factor in the fact that some offshore team guys get sadistic pleasure in toying with a job applicant who has applied for a job with skills that he used 10 years ago. :

[suityou01]

You do have to factor in the fact that some offshore team guys get sadistic pleasure in toying with a job applicant who has applied for a job with skills that he used 10 years ago. :

I was head hunted.

[DodgyAgent]

This is why it looked perfect, given my recent spell of stress related ill health. Local, pays ok, not too challenging.

Sorry suity but I managed to get a CV in with more recent skills than yours