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Subject:RE: interviews and ethics From:"Smith, Martin" <Martin -dot- Smith -at- mdx -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:39:15 -0600
Goober Writer asked "...Have you ever been to a job interview only to find
out later that the company flat out lied to you?..."
Yes. Years ago when I was living in Los Angeles I applied for a technical
writing position advertised in the newspaper. Soon thereafter I received a
call from the company and scheduled an interview.
When I showed up at the address they had given me and opened the door I
found myself in a large room in an unfinished office building. About 50
other people were standing around. Then someone addressed the crowd and
began a presentation for a water purification system that attaches between
the water main and a person's house. The whole thing turned out to be a
scam. They were recruiting people to sell these water purifiers door to
door.
