RE: Preparation for a phone screen interview

Subject: RE: Preparation for a phone screen interview
From: John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:07:21 -0500


--- John Posada <john -at- tdandw -dot- com> wrote:
>> If the requirement was phrased "Have you ever used
>> ABC Flowcharter?", then
>> the answer would have been "No, but since I
>> understand it is similar to
>> Visio, I expect that I can be up to speed in a few
>> hours." However, that
>> wasn't the requirement.

>I see your point. I still say you run a certain risk
>of finding that you are mistaken in your
>"understanding" of what an unfamiliar tool is similar
>to, and if that then causes you to miss a deadline
>because you have to learn it, you will appear to have
>been dishonest even if, in your heart of hearts, you
>had no such intention.

I am MUCH more concerned with the application I'm writing about, the people
and company I'm writing for, the agency I'm writing through. My concern
about using a tool that competes with what I'm VERY familiar with is not
even on the same page.

The application might be a shambles.
The company might be a sleaze and the people even more so.
The agency might be lying every time they open their mouth.

>to, and if that then causes you to miss a deadline
>because you have to learn it, you will appear to have
>been dishonest even if, in your heart of hearts, you
>had no such intention.

Miss a deadline? I don't even consider that to be in the realm of results.
I've never missed one yet...10 years and counting.

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