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Subject:Re: Interview questions From:Garret Romaine <garret -dot- h -dot- romaine -at- EXGATE -dot- TEK -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:52:41 -0800
I have a rather flip rejoinder to all the rhetoric about interview
questions. Yes, it's tongue-in-cheek, but after watching the thread twist
and turn, I have to throw it out...
I like to network so intensely that I already know who I want to hire before
I have the opening approved. The interview then consists mostly of "How are
the kids?" This involves going to a lot of extra meetings every month,
having lunch with old friends and new acquaintences, and putting a little
effort into staying in touch. But at least I don't have to ask a perfect
stranger about their innermost fears and inadequacies.
Garret Romaine
garret -dot- h -dot- romaine -at- tek -dot- com
