I assume some interviewers perform some amount of due diligence and look at my LinkedIn profile or maybe google my name, but I've never encountered a prospective employer / interviewer that knew of my existence (or Synchronet for that matter) prior to my application. I usually don't mention Synchronet specifically either; I try to keep work and play separated. :-)
Oh, I've had weird experiences going all the way back to the late 80's. I remember one interviewer just stopped talking and stared at me for a solid minute. I just stared right back. I guess I passed that test because he made
would say bad about me. like i would tell them. i told them all my review have been good for over 15 years so i must be doing something right and i didnt lie.
You *told* them you didn't lie, or you actually didn't lie? :-)
i'm supposed to be a tech for a weather station for a solar farm soon. th are dragging their feet with building the station. i just applied because seemed interesting and it was super flexable.
Good luck!
Digital Man wrote to All <=-
I found myself interviewing for programming ("coding") and related management positions again this past summer - in small/mid-size networking and device companies to the massive corporations you know and love/hate (e.g. FAANG) and whom employ more software engineers than all the rest combined!
Did your reputation precede you at any of the interviews?
I'm in IT management and went through a period of job-seeking recently. In my field, old-school is back. "Behavioral Interviews" were the norm.
On at least 3 occasions I'd be in a room with a panel. They'd have pre- written self-evaluative questions provided to them that, if vague, the panel wasn't really able to answer (because they didn't write them).
The other side of the coin was companies who googled "Technical questions for IT Managers" and asked the same handful of questions. Describe what happens when you enter a URL into a browser, asking what port DNS uses, then whether it uses TCP or UDP (the answer: both - UDP for normal queries, TCP for larger transactions like zone transfers)
I usually knew those places weren't interested. If you have a team of 20 people and you're more concerned about technical minutae than my management
I've heard sometimes it can help to mention that you have software projects work on outside of work (even for fun), as it can help to show that you're really interested in software development and enjoy the work. You might als be able to use some of your own code as an example of some code you've writt
On 11-01-19 13:13, Nightfox wrote to Digital Man <=-
I've heard sometimes it can help to mention that you have software projects you work on outside of work (even for fun), as it can help to show that you're really interested in software development and enjoy
the work. You might also be able to use some of your own code as an example of some code you've written if they ask for that. I had a job interview where they asked for that once, and I did have some code I
could show them, which I think helped.
I think Synchronet is a great project to have, as it includes things
like a network component (to be able to work with the various internet protocols), a database for messages, conversion of text attributes
to/from ANSI, integration of JavaScript, etc..
Digital Man wrote to All <=-
Here is a summary of the lessons I learned through the proces: http://wiki.synchro.net/wiki:user:digital_man#interviewing_in_2019
That sounds pretty weird. I haven't had anyone do that to me (yet).
It was just that one time. I sometimes wished I accepted that position as it was a management position very early in my career and could possibly have helped elevate my career trajectory. I had long hair at the time and the offer was contigent on my cutting it, so I declined. I still expected to become a "rock star" at that time. :-)
:) The place I'm at now has sometimes referred to its employees as "rock stars".
Re: Re: Are you a programmer? These interview tips may help
By: Digital Man to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Nov 01 2019 12:30 pm
I assume some interviewers perform some amount of due diligence and look at my LinkedIn profile or maybe google my name, but I've never encountered a prospective employer / interviewer that knew of my existence (or Synchronet for that matter) prior to my application. I usually don't mention Synchronet specifically either; I try to keep work and play separated. :-)
I've heard sometimes it can help to mention that you have software projects you work on outside of work (even for fun), as it can help to show that you're really interested in software development and enjoy the work. You might also be able to use some of your own code as an example of some code you've written if they ask for that. I had a job interview where they asked for that once, and I did have some code I could show them, which I think helped.
I think Synchronet is a great project to have, as it includes things like a network component (to be able to work with the various internet protocols), a database for messages, conversion of text attributes to/from ANSI, integration of JavaScript, etc..
the time and the offer was contigent on my cutting it, so I declined still expected to become a "rock star" at that time. :-)
:) The place I'm at now has sometimes referred to its employees as "rock stars".Red flag #1! :-)
digital man
MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-
just dont talk about your bbs the whole time or ham radio.
Digital Man wrote to Nightfox <=-
:) The place I'm at now has sometimes referred to its employees as "rock stars".
Red flag #1! :-)
It's certainly relevant to a lot of pertinent work, but I wouldn't want someone randomly opening a source file and judging my skills/style based on it. Some of that code is nearly 30 years old and not something I feel is a good example of my current skills or style. And of course, I didn't write all of it myself.
MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-
just dont talk about your bbs the whole time or ham radio.
I was quite proud of the fact that, from 1991 until 2012, someone at the companies I worked for would call me "Poindexter".
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