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Best Interview Question for a TW: Re: Conducting Telephone Interviews
Subject:Best Interview Question for a TW: Re: Conducting Telephone Interviews From:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com>, Toni Williams <tonicw -at- yahoo -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 12 May 2006 07:07:47 -0700 (PDT)
Toni:
Sorry about my previous post - I mistakenly thought
you are the interviewEE.
Best Interview Question When Interviewing a TW:
Describe the steps you take in structuring (i.e.,
organizing) your docs.
Note: The number one skill set of a TW is skill in
structured writing (which is really all about
structured analysis).
Tony Markos
"It is only by dying, (i.e., following the flow of
data) that we are born again (i.e., come to understand
the underlying logic of a system)." - AJ Markos
--- > --- Toni Williams <tonicw -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > I have just found out that I am to conduct a
> > telephone
> > interview (tomorrow morning 5/12 at 10) for a
> > candidate for a co-techwriting position. I have
> > never
> > done one and would appreciate any quick tips as to
> > the
> > questions to ask and any other advice as well.
> > Please
> > respond directly as I am on digest. Thanks very
> > much.
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