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11 years 8 months ago #21131 by OleCowboy
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I have heard: "what would you know about IT, you guys just ride around on tanks all day and go on camping trips" yes that is a quote, he REFUSED to even look at my resume.

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11 years 8 months ago #21134 by Siscowet
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He was envious.

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11 years 8 months ago #21135 by Siscowet
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JT I wish there was something more to add but these guys have it really well covered. You could take the above advice and make a damn good pamphlet on how to interview. Best of luck to you and I look forward to hearing how it goes. Oh, and good idea not to mention your painting skills acquired in the service!

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11 years 8 months ago #21140 by VTIT
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Yeah, keep us posted.

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11 years 8 months ago #21698 by jtallen83
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Interview complete :unsure: The more I think about it the more unsure I am, lots of things I wish I'd said or said different but I'm a critical thinker I guess.
Felt almost like an interrogation. He said it would be about 30 minutes and it went 70. I don't know if that was good or not, I did my best to keep my answers concise but he had follow-ups for everything asking for more detail.
I don't know the man but he started out sitting right up to his desk but spent lots of time with his arms behind his head, smiling, and leaning back in his chair, looked relaxed to me.
At the end he pointed to all the papers on his desk and said he had to have HR score this, you'll hear in about a week.
The job is just what the doctor ordered for me, hope he sees it the same! :pray:

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11 years 8 months ago #21699 by jtallen83
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et1911rph wrote: jtallen
As with most anything preparation is key. Find out as much as possible about the job, the person interviewing, and yourself.

I suspect that the engineer belongs to one or more on-line technical groups such as LinkedIn. Try to find out who the engineer is and look up their specific group affiliation and posts if any. Check Facebook for any personal intel.

Try to find out the type of interview technique that will be used. One of the more common techniques in use now is behavioral interviewing. Here is a link to more info about behavioral interviewing.
jobsearch.about.com/od/behavorialintervi...erview-questions.htm

In essence, the questions are designed to see how one reacts to common situations encountered in a job or life.

Prepare a set of questions that you'd like answered, some can even be behavioral to find out how they lead and react as managers.

I'm a bit old school when it comes to dress and tend to lean the direction of shirt, tie, jacket but times they are a changing. I work in the health care field and interview perspective pharmacists. Most dress the part but some are all over the map and surprised that there is a dress code for interviewing.

I suspect others will weigh in and may have completely different thoughts than mine. The old adage is still true "plan your work and work your plan".

Good luck

This was exactly the kind of interview I had. I had 90% of the situations in the can when I got there because I read this link. I was overdressed in a shirt and tie but that didn't bother me.

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11 years 8 months ago #21705 by Siscowet
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jtallen83 wrote:

et1911rph wrote: jtallen
As with most anything preparation is key. Find out as much as possible about the job, the person interviewing, and yourself.

I suspect that the engineer belongs to one or more on-line technical groups such as LinkedIn. Try to find out who the engineer is and look up their specific group affiliation and posts if any. Check Facebook for any personal intel.

Try to find out the type of interview technique that will be used. One of the more common techniques in use now is behavioral interviewing. Here is a link to more info about behavioral interviewing.
jobsearch.about.com/od/behavorialintervi...erview-questions.htm

In essence, the questions are designed to see how one reacts to common situations encountered in a job or life.

Prepare a set of questions that you'd like answered, some can even be behavioral to find out how they lead and react as managers.

I'm a bit old school when it comes to dress and tend to lean the direction of shirt, tie, jacket but times they are a changing. I work in the health care field and interview perspective pharmacists. Most dress the part but some are all over the map and surprised that there is a dress code for interviewing.

I suspect others will weigh in and may have completely different thoughts than mine. The old adage is still true "plan your work and work your plan".

Good luck

This was exactly the kind of interview I had. I had 90% of the situations in the can when I got there because I read this link. I was overdressed in a shirt and tie but that didn't bother me.

:twothumbs: :twothumbs: :silly: :silly: :clap:

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11 years 8 months ago - 11 years 8 months ago #21709 by et1911rph
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Glad I could help. It has been my experience (both as interviewee and interviewer) that interviews that go longer than time allotted usually turn out well.

I'll add you to my prayers that you hear positive news soon.
Last edit: 11 years 8 months ago by et1911rph. Reason: Clean up grammar
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11 years 8 months ago #21712 by Sharkey
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This :thumbs:


The longer interviews take, the better it is for sure. Don't spend TOO much time second guessing yourself JT. It does nothing but make you crazy. If you had him on for 70 minutes, I would say you made an impression.

Of course, a solid prayer never hurts either. Maybe 2... :)
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11 years 8 months ago #22005 by jtallen83
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I just got an email asking for permission to contact my previous employers for references :dry: , seemed odd they didn't ask at the interview, hope those old bosses remember all the money I made them and not what came from my all to honest mouth.
This is excruciating waiting to hear something, I should have known it would be a big production if it involves the federal government.
It is to wet and cold to take my AR-10 therapy for stress, damn I need an answer!

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