re Interviewing Strategies

["nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il" <nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il>]

Jim writes:
> Um...er...you lost me on that one.  If one does not say thank you, or
> restate their interest in the job, what does one write in the note?

I'm not accustomed to getting notes
after interviewing someone.  Culture gap.  
I'm in another country, and etiquette is 
a little different here.

> So what would you like to hear from a tech writer applying 
> for a job during a standard interview?

If I'm in the interviewer's position, I
want to see what the candidate is capable 
of writing.  If the writing is okay, then 
as long as the candidate exhibits good will 
and does not seem dishonest, disruptive, or
technophobic, I don't care a whole lot about 
personality.  If somebody wants to work behind 
a curtain, I'll authorize the curtain (and have 
done so).  I figure it's my job to get the best 
writers and to provide them with the conditions 
in which they can do their best work.

Again though-- I'm in another country.  Good
writers of English are rare here to begin with.

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  Mark L. Levinson - nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il
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Mark discourses to fellow Israeli techwriters in
The Why of Style, at http://www.elephant.org.il/
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