Comments on: Pushing Their Buttons http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/405/pushing-their-buttons Mac & Technology Writings by Daniel Jalkut Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:51:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bob Peterson http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/405/pushing-their-buttons/comment-page-1#comment-133738 Bob Peterson Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:28:27 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/405/pushing-their-buttons#comment-133738 I agree wholeheartedly with your response. I have a history of job hopping, so I've some awareness of interviewing. It's a two way street, and the person you and and the people you meet make that easier or harder. My favorite candidate story is the guy who came in soaked to the gills in some drug or other, and was pretty much unresponsive to questions. At age 23 I must have become someone's favorite candidate story at G.E.; the guy wanted to know why I wasn't wearing a tie to the interview (they were all in suits). ("I don't wear ties," was my answer.) I agree wholeheartedly with your response. I have a history of job hopping, so I’ve some awareness of interviewing. It’s a two way street, and the person you and and the people you meet make that easier or harder.

My favorite candidate story is the guy who came in soaked to the gills in some drug or other, and was pretty much unresponsive to questions. At age 23 I must have become someone’s favorite candidate story at G.E.; the guy wanted to know why I wasn’t wearing a tie to the interview (they were all in suits). (”I don’t wear ties,” was my answer.)

]]> By: Daniel Jalkut http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/405/pushing-their-buttons/comment-page-1#comment-133708 Daniel Jalkut Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:09:36 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/405/pushing-their-buttons#comment-133708 Sorry if it doesn't sound like me to you, but I think interviews, if anywhere, are a place to understand the psychology of both sides as well as you possibly can. Sorry if it doesn’t sound like me to you, but I think interviews, if anywhere, are a place to understand the psychology of both sides as well as you possibly can.

]]> By: Bob Peterson http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/405/pushing-their-buttons/comment-page-1#comment-133705 Bob Peterson Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:54:20 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/405/pushing-their-buttons#comment-133705 Who are you and what have you done with Daniel Jalkut? You make interviews sound like alpha male dominance competitions. Who are you and what have you done with Daniel Jalkut?

You make interviews sound like alpha male dominance competitions.

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