Comments | salnem: Interviewing

salnem

Interviewing

Jan 11, 2005 20:27

So I'm interviewing (phone screening at this point) new people for our company to do just about exactly what I do. We've gotten a variety of applications, even a lot of people with Masters degrees (which seemed strange to me at first). None of them have been even slightly ok. Perhaps my standards are too high. But if you call yourself an ( Read more... )

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takeyellow January 12 2005, 08:13:58 UTC

wow... even I know more than that guy about what he did... maybe he was intimidated? you should ask stupid questions like, "what essentially is a resistor?" and "how many resistors do you think can you fit in your mouth?" Those would be much nicer questions and would give you insight... of sorts.

tomstampy January 12 2005, 08:21:39 UTC

oooh! 2153 metal-film 1/4 watts.

coliningus January 12 2005, 17:07:28 UTC

Those better be the 1 W and not the 1/4 otherwise I am simply not impressed.

coliningus January 12 2005, 17:06:34 UTC

Yeah, like "What is wrong with this circuit?" and then hand them one of those ink blot tests.

Seriously though, I tend to like questions that let you see not what a person knows of the top of their head (though they should know basics!) but how deeply they have it. "so if I take this full coke can and put it in a vice with flat jaws to compact the ends, how will the can fail? Side splitting? Side buckeling? Bottom popping out? Top exploding?" The whole trick is you want to see how they think.

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time_adc January 12 2005, 15:16:15 UTC

Just cause they went to a good school doesn't mean they tried hard. Take you, for example, you went to Harvey Mudd and you are still a complete tool.
That sounds like a lot fo fun. I think that even though they are working you to death, you are still getting some awesome experience from your company.

salnem January 13 2005, 03:55:02 UTC

I will eat your children, steve.

And yes, the experience is nice.

coliningus January 12 2005, 16:50:37 UTC

Remeber that a masters is often the prize you get when they kick you out of the PhD program. Though I would hope for better.

completely off topic thesuperalice January 12 2005, 19:59:54 UTC

I keep thinking about that girl you mentioned. Did you tell her that she had a place to stay if she ever wanted to come to San Diego? Did you get her email address? If so, you should send her a note just saying that you had fun talking to her and though that she'd make a cool friend to keep in touch with.

I just had to say this, even though I don't know much about it. It just seems that a girl extraordinary enough for you to like shouldn't slip away very easily.

Re: completely off topic salnem January 13 2005, 03:55:18 UTC

We talk most days on IM.

majormm January 13 2005, 03:24:22 UTC

dude, I need your address. email it to me at Matt_Mason @ Alumni.hmc.edu