The eclectic musings of a bitter software engineer.

How not to get a job

Thursday June 29, 2006 @ 04:28 PM (PDT)

Here's a helpful tip: If your résumé claims that you're experienced in XHTML, DHTML, and JavaScript, you should probably be able to explain what DHTML is and how it differs from XHTML. Especially if your résumé includes the term "DHTML" eleven times. Also, you probably shouldn't mention in the interview that you don't actually know JavaScript and prefer to just "rip off other people's code".

Comments

Ah the joys of the hiring process. I assume he isn't going to get a follow-up interview?

Thursday June 29, 2006 @ 06:37 PM (PDT) Posted by Raddue
interviewing candidates was seriously one of my least favorite parts of my old job. It's astonishing how many idiots come out of the woodwork... maybe I'm a really tough interviewer, but it seemed like for every half-qualified applicant we'd get five who just fell to pieces the first time you asked them any kind of open-ended design question.

About the only good part about it was being able to, occasionally, give good people jobs.
Friday June 30, 2006 @ 11:05 PM (PDT) Posted by Bedrick

Not to defend those that claim to have a skill set that they quite obviously do not posses, but I must suspect that you may just be a tough interviewer Berdick. Perhaps interviewee's are just intimidated when answering design questions coming from the king of design. All you need to do is check out www.bedrick.org and you will see that clearly erbdick is the king of design, aesthetics, and intuitive interface.

Wednesday September 19, 2007 @ 04:32 PM (PDT) Posted by Kevin
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