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[nycphp-talk] Oh... Interviewing

CED Consult at CovenantEDesign.com
Fri Jul 20 23:47:32 EDT 2007


And just for the record... If interviewing for a 100K+ job NOT in NYC, I
would have answered those questions.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mikesz at qualityadvantages.com>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Oh... Interviewing


> Frankly, I think that is an arrogant and fascist interviewing technique.
> You only mention informing the candidate about the "test" AFTER the
> fact. Putting an already nervous candidate on the "hot seat" with a
> surpise 'examine' like they were some kind of a highschool student is
> unconscionably irresponsible and most certainly an offensive act and can
> easily be interpreted by the candidate as a hostile environment.
> Furthermore, I think that the candidate would be completely justified in
> just saying goodbye rather than playing your silly little game. IMHO.
> You probably already lost the best candidate for the job with your game
> playing so you deserve whatever you get as a result.
>
> The bottom line: Do unto others as you would have done onto you...
>
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