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If you can't stand the heat of the interview, then how well will you stand
up in a project status meeting with all of those same people around the
table? Can you think on your feet? Do you lose your cool? Are you easily
intimidated?
I worked at a large multinational where, even before the dot.com slump and
911, prospective technical writers were interviewed very thoroughly by the
creative services team. If they were being hired with an eye to helping with
a particular project or internal client, they might also have spent time
with them.
Existing team members were given a specific questions to ask. We were also
free to ask questions in areas that interested us. We would pass the
candidate around, sometimes with two or three of us interviewing
simultaneously.
We had to know from the interview process, rather than hiring on a
probationary basis, whether:
--the applicant had the depth of experience they claimed
--the applicant was likely to bluster somewhat (BS) on areas where they were
weak
--the applicant could remain calm and professional under pressure
The resume and references tell you what the applicant did in other
environments, but a thorough interview gives clues as to how the applicant
might perform in our environment.
Finally, in addition to providing information about the candidate, our
individual responses and ratings of the same applicants often gave our
manager additional insight about each of us.
-Ed
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