Re: Half Day Interview

[Tracy Boyington <tboyi -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG>]

> Alexia Prendergast wrote:
> >
> > I think every interview I've had in the last 5 years
> > has lasted 2-6 hours.
>              ===================================================
> I'm amazed at the different modus operandi of employers and placement
> agencies in different parts of the country.  In the contract which I
> just completed with JDTV in Arlington, Texas, the interview lasted less
> than one hour and I was called the next morning at 0730 to come in to
> sign a non-disclosure agreement and take the software home to write the
> book.

I thought the original poster was talking about full-time employment,
not contract work. It seems logical to spend a lot more time
interviewing a potential full-time employee, if only because it's
much harder to get rid of them if they turn out not to be a good fit.

Tracy

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Oklahoma Department of Vocational & Technical Education
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