'Get It Done'
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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.
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 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.
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!
That's a good idea, msbelle!
Oh, right, recruiter. That changes my mental picture of the interview.
Sounds like he read an article on interview questions.
Yeah, sounds like he's maybe not a great recruiter.
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(?)!
Office move scheduled for Oct 14! Only 3 more weeks and 28 extra miles of the stupid commute!
I feel like I have a better understanding of the world around me now, Jesse.
So I was whining to the air that I guessed I wouldn't do the National Cooking Day thing when the deadline hit and I hadn't settled on anything, and my cube-neighbor asked if that meant no more candied bacon, so I went ahead and put in my commitment to make the deviled eggs with candied bacon that I had made for the wedding shower. If my entry was too late, I'm sure my coworkers will eat them up for me.
IOmeN: I think I have decided not to go to Tai Chi practice tomorrow even though I have only been to one this month because I just do not want to leave the house all weekend.