Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The job hunt

Anent yesterday’s interviewing farce, let me say one thing for the benefit of prospective employers:

Thirty minutes of face time isn’t enough to give the candidate a sense of what it is you’re looking for, no matter how many of these slots you string together in an afternoon.

Especially when you don’t seem so certain yourself.

Unless you’re planning on yet another round of togetherness to really talk about the need & my skills, I do not see how you can make an intelligent decision.

(I also don’t get you asking so many blue-sky questions—what would I do to change the overall product that would increase market share, put smiles on shareholders’ faces & make the cover of Time?—for a six- to nine-month contract position.)

I know it would be a crap shoot from my end, & I’m quite glad that my commitment would only be for those six to nine months, if I’m made an offer.

No comments: