Reply to: Permie interview

[stek]

Oh, I strongly advise you don't go there unless you absolutely have to. I've been at it three months, after 21 years as a contractor, and I am wondering how long I can put up with it.

Me too - I was 20 years as contractor apart from four years, recently went permie due to market conditions.

I actually like the job etc, just fecking hate our new manager, we all do - wänker...

It's given me the impulse to get out ASAP

[OrangeHopper]

Oh I don't know. A little of what's bad for you and all that.

Oh, I strongly advise you don't go there unless you absolutely have to. I've been at it three months, after 21 years as a contractor, and I am wondering how long I can put up with it.

[MarillionFan]

And stay away from the dark side

Oh I don't know. A little of what's bad for you and all that.

[NickFitz]

an application form.

Just remember the Greenham Women's slogan: "They Can't Kill The Spirit"

[norrahe]

And stay away from the dark side

[Zippy]

Keep the faith VectraMan.

[VectraMan]

So, the face to face permie interview went really well, and no stoopid HR type questions, just techie stuff and talking about all the things I've done. However they had a couple of other people to interview (I'd hoped that by getting past the phone interview I was the first choice).

I've been waiting to hear back all week, and the agent finally phones me with feedback saying I did "suprisingly well" at the code test and interview (not quite sure how to take that). So now they've sent me: an application form. With lots of stupid questions like previous employer and "why did you leave", plus two references. I'm almost tempted to write N/A in big letters over the whole thing and send it back with a covering letter saying "do you f***ing want me to work for you or not?".

Meanwhile after feeling somewhat despondant at the start of the week that permiedom might be my only option, I've had numerous calls about contract roles, and there's suddenly promising signs from the Plan B too.

I think I need to lie down.

[VectraMan]

Car-sharing with Wilmslow?

There's a benefit I'd never even considered.

[alreadypacked]

Car-sharing with Wilmslow?

[pmeswani]

then where does that leave me? Hmmm.

Employable.

[NickFitz]

That went really well, and I've been invited to a face to face interview next week. I have a horrible feeling I'm going to get this job, and then where does that leave me? Hmmm.

Car-sharing with Wilmslow?

[VectraMan]

That went really well, and I've been invited to a face to face interview next week. I have a horrible feeling I'm going to get this job, and then where does that leave me? Hmmm.

[MarillionFan]

BS, apart from "tell us something unusual about yourself" .

I had that once on a worldwide conference call when I was home and having to introduce myself to 20 team members.

I piped up with 'I am ranked in the top 100 at foosball in the UK and i am presently taking this conference call naked'

'Ewwwwwww' came an audible reply from some American lass.

[2BIT]

HR people have to do something. If all they want to do is ask inane questions then there's no harm in that.

It's interesting because when you have too many people on board a project, some folk inevitably like to stick their oar in and 'do' something even though it would be better if they actually sat back and did nothing. I'm thinking of some projects where, for example, there have been too many business analysts or project managers who have only managed to cock things up and have been no help whatsoever.

Developers usually have no problem doing nothing, and testers never really do much anyway. It's the busy body manager-types who cause all the problems.

i don't know developers doing nothing can cause all manner of problems when you realise there is no code at the end of a project

[FiveTimes]

Phone interview for a permie role this morning.

Best of luck