Interesting. I wonder what all that specificity is all about.
Y'all, I have gotten out of the habit of watching TV. How did that happen? I don't know how to react to it, either.
Why couldn't you be dealing drugs like normal people?
Snyder ,'Empty Places'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Sep 23, 2016 8:37:46 am PDT #28074 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse - Sep 23, 2016 9:37:35 am PDT #28075 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Interesting. I wonder what all that specificity is all about.
It was definitely on purpose, because he asked a different kind of question for each job, for no real reason. (Questions like the most X thing, or what was the increase of that, or where did you take the lead.) Like, he could have just asked each of his questions broadly and I would have given him all answers from the past 5 years, probably. Which would have been better!
ANYWAY.
Connie Neil - Sep 23, 2016 9:51:49 am PDT #28076 of 30003
brillig
Maybe the specificity was to see if you'd made up information for jobs you didn't have. I personally find it more likely that you wouldn't remember specifics from a job 20 years ago than if you could say "Oh, yes, on Project XYZ I was able to get a 10% improvement on the performance of Sprocket Q in the Doomsday Process."
msbelle - Sep 23, 2016 10:21:37 am PDT #28077 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I emailed my boss asking if they were looking to save a specific amount over the next 17 weeks since I can run #s on various things and project ways to reach that. It seems to be just generalized pressure to get out more product and people at risk would not be me. Still.
Jesse - Sep 23, 2016 10:33:27 am PDT #28078 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Maybe the specificity was to see if you'd made up information for jobs you didn't have. I personally find it more likely that you wouldn't remember specifics from a job 20 years ago than if you could say "Oh, yes, on Project XYZ I was able to get a 10% improvement on the performance of Sprocket Q in the Doomsday Process."
I swear he was surprised when I was just like, "I don't remember the details, but here is the gist...." Recruiters, man.
I emailed my boss asking if they were looking to save a specific amount over the next 17 weeks since I can run #s on various things and project ways to reach that.
What a great idea!
-t - Sep 23, 2016 10:47:03 am PDT #28079 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's a good idea, msbelle!
Oh, right, recruiter. That changes my mental picture of the interview.
brenda m - Sep 23, 2016 10:53:24 am PDT #28080 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Sounds like he read an article on interview questions.
lisah - Sep 23, 2016 10:55:37 am PDT #28081 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
Yeah, sounds like he's maybe not a great recruiter.
Jesse - Sep 23, 2016 10:55:59 am PDT #28082 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It sounded a lot like that.
I'm sorry to go into excruciating detail here, but I was about to post on the Ask A Manager open thread but then got paranoid. So I was all revved up to talk about it, and you get the benefit(?)!
sarameg - Sep 23, 2016 11:00:13 am PDT #28083 of 30003
Office move scheduled for Oct 14! Only 3 more weeks and 28 extra miles of the stupid commute!