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RE: Portfolios of samples as Interviewing criteria
Subject:RE: Portfolios of samples as Interviewing criteria From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 30 Oct 2002 09:32:22 -0500
>> I have to disagree with John here.
>> While it's true that I don't expect
>> an interview candidate to remember
>> details about jobs they did years
>> ago, but if you bring a sample to
>> an interview, you better be prepared
>> to speak intelligently about it.
I'll speak intelligently about the sample. Why I chose the application that
I did to write it, why I chose a certain layout for a certain type of
information, the document's design, how I would go about working with a SME
in an environment where this type of documentation is created, etc.
I might not be able to speak about the application it is written for. That's
what the developer of the application should be able to do.
But then, it shouldn't matter. You are hiring me for my documentation
skills, not my application development skills.
Right?
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
212-414-6656
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