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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2005PING: DanM
How did the interview yesterday go? Did you come away with positive feelings or no? Jill (purrs still heading that way)  SignatureI used to have a handle on life...but it broke off. > How did the interview yesterday go? Did you come away with positive > feelings or no? > > Jill (purrs still heading that way) That's difficult to answer. It was very mixed. We did a lot of talking about past experience and generalities, and that went great. Then they had me speak with technical types who gave me real-life skills tests. Put me in front of a keyboard, describe a task they want done, and have me do it. Pretty simple stuff except for one thing - I get a nasty case of brain-fade when I'm situations like that. Stuff that I know and use every day just completely evaporates. But I managed to work my way through. All of the major stuff they asked me to do I was eventually able to do. I'm hoping that the ovreall impression I made was favorable. I think maybe so, since they have begun to call my references. Dan > That's difficult to answer. It was very mixed. We did a lot of talking > about past experience and generalities, and that went great. Then they [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Dan Fingers crossed, purrs and prayers headed your way that they chose you and let you know soon! What has Nancy heard from the newspaper? Charleen Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor Velcro > Fingers crossed, purrs and prayers headed your way that they chose you and > let you know soon! What has Nancy heard from the newspaper? > Charleen > Mr. Pumpkin, > Aggie Marble, > Victor Velcro It's driving her crazy! It's now 3, maybe 4 weeks since the interview? And she's heard nothing. On the positive side, though, she overheard her boss in a phone call yesterday (hard to avoid, since everybody sits really close together and even the boss is only 15 or 20 feet away) in which it sounded like he was being told that he was losing one of his employees to the parent newspaper. From what Nancy overheard, it sounds like her boss has been informed that Nancy is going to be hired by the big paper. But nobody has contacted her yet. > It's driving her crazy! It's now 3, maybe 4 weeks since the > interview? And she's heard nothing. On the positive side, though, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Nancy is going to be hired by the big paper. But nobody has > contacted her yet. If it's been that long, couldn't she politely follow up with the person who contacted her about the job? Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > If it's been that long, couldn't she politely follow up with the > person who contacted her about the job? This guy is notoriously hard to get hold of my phone. Nancy has e-mailed the guy two or three times but not received an answer. Today was Nancy's day off (she gets Sundays and Tuesdays off). We're hoping that she'll get the offer tomorrow. Actually, tomorrow's a busy day. Nancy is hoping to get her job offer, I go to see the surgeon about my hernia tomorrow afternoon, and since we've heard nothing from the other guy's insurance company and it's been a week since we got rear-ended, I've set tomorrow at noon as the deadline for hearing from his insurance company before I complain to the state insurance commission. > I'm hoping that the ovreall impression I made was favorable. I think maybe > so, since they have begun to call my references. > > Dan That is very good news. They certainly wouldn't bother unless they were pretty interested. That should at least lead to a higher up interview and would put them into the position to make an offer. Jo >But I managed to work my way through. All of the major stuff they asked >me to do I was eventually able to do. > >I'm hoping that the ovreall impression I made was favorable. I think >maybe so, since they have begun to call my references. That's great! You must have felt a little out of practice, but you make it sound easy, like getting back on a bike. I hope you get the job. > That's difficult to answer. It was very mixed. We did a lot of > talking about past experience and generalities, and that went great. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > that. Stuff that I know and use every day just completely > evaporates. I don't know a single person who doesn't get brain-fade to some degree in those situations. I went to an interview on Friday for a PHP job. They asked me to write out a simple HTML form on the whiteboard; I kind of stared at them. It's actually been a year since I wrote my last serious PHP thing, and longer since I've touched HTML. I said, "Uh, I wrote my own libraries to do this in PHP so that I never have to type a bracket again." Don't think that impressed them ... I did eventually stumble through it, though. If I just played with the language for a day or two, I'd be on the ball ... but I hadn't. The suddenness of the interview took me by surprise. > But I managed to work my way through. All of the major stuff they > asked me to do I was eventually able to do. Yay! > I'm hoping that the ovreall impression I made was favorable. I think > maybe so, since they have begun to call my references. I'd say that's a very good sign. They didn't even bother to call references at my last job until they'd already verbally discussed a job offer with me. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > I don't know a single person who doesn't get brain-fade to some degree > in those situations. I went to an interview on Friday for a PHP job. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > language for a day or two, I'd be on the ball ... but I hadn't. The > suddenness of the interview took me by surprise. Likewise! This interview was for a Linux admin/PHP programmer position, and I've been driving a truck for the last 15 months. I think I spent a total of 3 hours working with PHP to teach myself the language before the interview, but it's so similar to Perl (which I've done for the last 8 years or so) I think I'm in ok shape. What was something of a hinderance was the keyboard. When I'd press " I'd get @; to get " I had to press shift-2. The pipe character (|) couldn't be rendered from the keyboard at all. Neither could the backslash. Made things a bit difficult. > I'd say that's a very good sign. They didn't even bother to call > references at my last job until they'd already verbally discussed a > job offer with me. I'm sure hoping so. I felt like kicking myself on the way out, but maybe I did better than I thought. We'll see. > Likewise! This interview was for a Linux admin/PHP programmer > position, and I've been driving a truck for the last 15 months. I > think I spent a total of 3 hours working with PHP to teach myself > the language before the interview, but it's so similar to Perl > (which I've done for the last 8 years or so) I think I'm in ok > shape. Honestly, I don't think it would have occured to me to bone up on HTML. Not the basic syntax. The last thing I did in PHP was to write a plugin to my blog that chooses a random quote from a file and prints it. Sure, there's a <p> here and a <br> there, but ... > What was something of a hinderance was the keyboard. When I'd press > " I'd get @; to get " I had to press shift-2. The pipe character (|) > couldn't be rendered from the keyboard at all. Neither could the > backslash. Made things a bit difficult. Eh? That doesn't even sound like a Sun keyboard ... >> I'd say that's a very good sign. They didn't even bother to call >> references at my last job until they'd already verbally discussed a >> job offer with me. > > I'm sure hoping so. I felt like kicking myself on the way out, but > maybe I did better than I thought. We'll see. I feel like that after every interview =P "Doh, I could've said this here, and I should've kept my mouth shut about that there ..." Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >>That's difficult to answer. It was very mixed. We did a lot of >>talking about past experience and generalities, and that went great. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > language for a day or two, I'd be on the ball ... but I hadn't. The > suddenness of the interview took me by surprise. I understand what you're saying, and hope you get a job soon. I was laid off in 2003 - after a few months the same company hired me back. In the three months that I was unemployed I realized how rusty my job skills are in some areas, and how out of date they are in others. Since then I have been trying to freshen up some of the areas. I have been re-reading my programming language books, and subscribed to the programming languages newsgroups in question. I try out programming questions or examples that are posted in the newsgroups to help keep up with things. Maybe you can use this to keep things fresh? Good luck in any case. rrb to date. >> How did the interview yesterday go? Did you come away with positive >> feelings or no? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > nasty case of brain-fade when I'm situations like that. Stuff that I > know and use every day just completely evaporates. I know exactly what you mean! Yes, you know it. But it's difficult in a "test" environment. Still, we found the tests (not keyboard, rather think about it and write down your answers type tests) useful. We had a LOT of people at my former employer internally who would apply for a position simply because of the pay grade, not because they were in any way qualified. If they couldn't answer a few simple technical questions (and trust me, these were SIMPLE questions) we pretty much tossed them out of the running. I remember hearing one woman say to someone after she was informed she didn't get the job "Oh, they don't really have to do all that stuff." Really? ps -ef grep [this] woman! All she could do was read and answer email! And you couldn't understand her email, either. They will know you know your stuff. Purrs! > But I managed to work my way through. All of the major stuff they > asked me to do I was eventually able to do. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Dan That's excellent! No reason to call your references if you aren't in the running! Jill > > How did the interview yesterday go? Did you come away with positive > > feelings or no? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Dan I would definitely consider it a good sign if they are calling your references. Employers don't usually waste time doing that unless they are seriously interested. Purrs will continue. Joy >> How did the interview yesterday go? Did you come away with positive >> feelings or no? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Dan It sounds hopeful, keeping paws crossed and purrs coming. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. Purrs still traveling at speed toward you from ginger Wilson and myself Jean..P. > >> How did the interview yesterday go? Did you come away with positive > >> feelings or no? [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) > A house is not a home, without a cat. > Purrs still traveling at speed toward you from ginger > Wilson and myself Jean..P. Still looking promising. Got invited back for a 2nd interview tomorrow (Wednesday). Dan > > Purrs still traveling at speed toward you from ginger > > Wilson and myself Jean..P. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Dan Super wonderful. Let us hear the out come as soon as possible! Have the newspaper people made up their minds yet as to which wonderful position they are going to offer Nancy? Charleen > Super wonderful. Let us hear the out come as soon as possible! Will do. > Have the newspaper people made up their minds yet as to which wonderful > position they are going to offer Nancy? If they have, they haven't chosen to share the info with Nancy yet. >> Purrs still traveling at speed toward you from ginger >> Wilson and myself Jean..P. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Dan Kewl! >> Purrs still traveling at speed toward you from ginger >> Wilson and myself Jean..P. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Dan Purr, purr, purr, purr, purr SignatureElise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves) pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/dragonandthistle@snet.net >> Purrs still traveling at speed toward you from ginger >> Wilson and myself Jean..P. > > Still looking promising. Got invited back for a 2nd interview tomorrow > (Wednesday). That's wonderful, Dan. I so hope you get the job. Purrs still a-coming. SignatureMarina, Frank and Mere. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> Purrs still traveling at speed toward you from ginger >> Wilson and myself Jean..P. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Dan Great, Dan! Here's hoping it comes through. Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe > Great, Dan! Here's hoping it comes through. > Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe Thank you much! I'll be meeting with them at 7:30 tonight. I guess they really *do* need another admin if they're still working at 7:30 PM! Since my interview was in the evening, Nancy rode to Orange County with me so we could go out to dinner after my interview. On the way down she called the corporate Web guy in Woodland Hills. She has the job! She's now the web content manager for the San Bernardino Sun newspaper. It will be a week or two before she can take over that job full-time, but she starts attending content meetings this week. My interview went pretty well. I was able to ask the questions they asked, and I didn't experience my usual brain-fade. They told me that they received 50 resumes, invited 10 people in for interviews, then brought 4 of us back for 2nd interviews. They will be making their final decision in the next few days. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed about this one! Of course, the telecommute position with the folks in Tempe, AZ would also be pretty sweet... Good luck, Dan, and Congratulations to Nancy! Will you give us the paper's web address so we can see what Nancy comes up with? Sandy > Since my interview was in the evening, Nancy rode to Orange County with me > so we could go out to dinner after my interview. On the way down she [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Of course, the telecommute position with the folks in Tempe, AZ would also > be pretty sweet... > Good luck, Dan, and Congratulations to Nancy! Will you give us the paper's > web address so we can see what Nancy comes up with? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >>Of course, the telecommute position with the folks in Tempe, AZ would also >>be pretty sweet... In reply to Sandy: Just put the name of the paper into Google and you get: http://www.sbsun.com/ SignatureChristine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63 > In reply to Sandy: Just put the name of the paper into Google and you > get: http://www.sbsun.com/ Yep, that's it! > called the corporate Web guy in Woodland Hills. She has the job! She's > now the web content manager for the San Bernardino Sun newspaper. It Great news!!! > decision in the next few days. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed > about this one! We'll keep purring. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Since my interview was in the evening, Nancy rode to Orange County > with me so we could go out to dinner after my interview. On the way [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Of course, the telecommute position with the folks in Tempe, AZ would > also be pretty sweet... Great news for Nancy! Continuing purrs you get the job you want. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. Congratulations to Nancy! That's fantastic! Also congrats that you got called back twice out of the 50 resumes. Everything still crossed that this works out for you. Lots of purrs - is this the cat-related job? Susan M Otis and Chester > Since my interview was in the evening, Nancy rode to Orange County with me > so we could go out to dinner after my interview. On the way down she [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Of course, the telecommute position with the folks in Tempe, AZ would also > be pretty sweet... > Congratulations to Nancy! That's fantastic! > > Also congrats that you got called back twice out of the 50 resumes. > Everything still crossed that this works out for you. Lots of purrs - is > this the cat-related job? No, the cat-related job didn't call me back for a 2nd interview. This job is with an outfit down in Orange County (it'll be a bear of a commute), but it's foing the write kind of work - system admin of Linux boxes with some PHP development, and just a little bot of work with Windows servers and maybe occasionally writing of repairing an ASP application. >Since my interview was in the evening, Nancy rode to Orange County with >me so we could go out to dinner after my interview. On the way down she [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Of course, the telecommute position with the folks in Tempe, AZ would >also be pretty sweet... Yay! Congratulations Nancy... let's hope that you get one of these jobs so you can get out fo the truck :) Signature~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com > Since my interview was in the evening, Nancy rode to Orange County with > me so we could go out to dinner after my interview. On the way down she [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Of course, the telecommute position with the folks in Tempe, AZ would > also be pretty sweet... Big congratulations to Nancy! She must be very excited (and relieved to finally *know*)! We'll keep purring for you to get your great job :) SignatureElise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves) pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/dragonandthistle@snet.net > Since my interview was in the evening, Nancy rode to Orange County with me > so we could go out to dinner after my interview. On the way down she [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Of course, the telecommute position with the folks in Tempe, AZ would also > be pretty sweet... Great news about Nancy, Dan. Purrs continuing for your dream job to come true. Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe Lots of purrs and best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Since my interview was in the evening, Nancy rode to Orange County with > me so we could go out to dinner after my interview. On the way down she [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Of course, the telecommute position with the folks in Tempe, AZ would > also be pretty sweet... Lots of purrs and best wishes for you to get the job, Dan, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > > Purrs still traveling at speed toward you from ginger > > Wilson and myself Jean..P. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Dan > > How did the interview yesterday go? Did you come away with positive > > feelings or no? > > > > Jill (purrs still heading that way) > That's difficult to answer. It was very mixed. We did a lot of talking > about past experience and generalities, and that went great. Then they [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > of brain-fade when I'm situations like that. Stuff that I know and use > every day just completely evaporates. > But I managed to work my way through. All of the major stuff they asked > me to do I was eventually able to do. > I'm hoping that the ovreall impression I made was favorable. I think > maybe so, since they have begun to call my references. > Dan Sounds good. Hope it works out. Judith SignatureJudith Latham Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK. " hoping that the ovreall impression I made was favorable. I think maybe so, since they have begun to call my references" That's always a good sign. Purrs being kept up for you and Nancy- let us know when you hear! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furbals That sounds great! I do hope you get the job. Best wishes and purrs, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > > How did the interview yesterday go? Did you come away with positive > > feelings or no? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Dan |
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