Re: Interviews

[John Posada <john -at- TDANDW -dot- COM>]

> Whenever I?m interview candidates I expect the same treatment. If the candidate is not curious, if he or she does not pepper me with GOOD questions, that?s a red flag. What is a good question? Ah! Now the game?s afoot!
>

Upon notification that I had an appoint with a company where I would be the lone contract tech writer, I did alittle investigatin on the company using a number of searches; news items, SEC searches through EDGAR, insider buying, etc.

One of the things I tuned up was that they were in a patent disput with a competitor, where if it went badly, could have had an affect on the company.

So, as the interview was winding up, I asked if I could ask a few questions; one of them this patent situation. IT BLEW HIS MIND that I had researched them as much as I did.

Long story short, they contacted the agency that night, the agency called me the next morning, I told the agency that I was going to be taking another position, they called me back offering me quite a bit more money and I took the job. It was a great gig and went for a year.

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John Posada, Technical Writer
Bellcore, where Customer Satisfaction is our number one priority
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