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doodab replied

25 January 2013, 11:35
Originally posted by vetran View Post

seriously you haven't seen these done or had these happen to you? You are one lucky candidate.

I haven't. Primarily because it becomes obvious fairly early on that i'm not going to be a good fit in that sort of organisation.
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DodgyAgent replied

25 January 2013, 11:06
Funny that I keep getting job offers which I then have to delegate to some monkey
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jmo21 replied

25 January 2013, 11:03
Originally posted by vetran View Post

FTFY.

seriously you haven't seen these done or had these happen to you? You are one lucky candidate.

er..... of course I have!

but the OPs link is a poor attempt at a parody of them.

Just read the car one, it is a lot better.
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vetran replied

25 January 2013, 10:57
Originally posted by jmo21 View Post

technical interviews are a really an awfully poor attempt at taking the piss out of Candidates

FTFY.

seriously you haven't seen these done or had these happen to you? You are one lucky candidate.
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jmo21 replied

25 January 2013, 10:53
It's really an awfully poor attempt at taking the piss out of technical interviews.
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vetran replied

25 January 2013, 10:51
Originally posted by ctdctd View Post

He is probably logged into their PC at this moment.

Just like the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - but in a more manly way of course.

Got it :

Plague - Millenium Trilogy Wiki
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DodgyAgent replied

25 January 2013, 10:48
Originally posted by vetran View Post

In fear of the wrath of Cojack, a similar link

High Scalability - High Scalability - What if Cars Were Rented Like We Hire*Programmers?

note the site is not mine!

If you do not want to incur the wrath of Cojak then at least spell her name correctly
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vetran replied

25 January 2013, 10:45
In fear of the wrath of Cojak, a similar link

High Scalability - High Scalability - What if Cars Were Rented Like We Hire*Programmers?

note the site is not mine!

Last edited by vetran; 25 January 2013, 10:52. Reason: Please forgive me o Goddess of mods
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ctdctd replied

25 January 2013, 10:45
He is probably logged into their PC at this moment.

Just like the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - but in a more manly way of course.

Last edited by ctdctd; 25 January 2013, 10:48.
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BrilloPad replied

25 January 2013, 10:38
Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

Fair enough, though the site is owned by a 41-year-old guy in Minnesota. If he's the OP, who is online now, then he's up very late considering he's got work in the morning

Trust NF to find out all that. I bet he knows how many guns he owns, bank account balances, shoe sizes, medical details, etcetc......
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Doggy Styles replied

25 January 2013, 10:37
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NickFitz replied

25 January 2013, 10:37
Originally posted by cojak View Post

There is nothing wrong with it Nick, I don't like first-time posters linking from CUK, just to drive up their web analytics.

I don't know or trust any first-timer.

(I don't know or trust any of the regulars either, obv but I trust first-timers even less than that...)

Fair enough, though the site is owned by a 41-year-old guy in Minnesota. If he's the OP, who is online now, then he's up very late considering he's got work in the morning
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BrilloPad replied

25 January 2013, 10:33
Originally posted by cojak View Post

There is nothing wrong with it Nick, I don't like first-time posters linking from CUK, just to drive up their web analytics.

I don't know or trust any first-timer.

<makes mental note - the next sockie I create and want to link must await 2nd post>
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cojak replied

25 January 2013, 10:30
There is nothing wrong with it Nick, I don't like first-time posters linking from CUK, just to drive up their web analytics.

I don't know or trust any first-timer.

(I don't know or trust any of the regulars either, obv but I trust first-timers even less than that...)
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NickFitz replied

25 January 2013, 10:15
Originally posted by cojak View Post

That's be cause I removed the link.

What was wrong with it?
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