Category: People and Opinions

It sure would be grand to have interesting interviews

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date November 22, 2013
Categories In People and Opinions, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC

Coincidentally, in a week of debate and thinking and writing on IT interviews and candidates, XKCD has gifted us with something beautiful: a comic about an interview more interesting than any I’ve ever heard. Enjoy. Happy Friday, Jen McCown http://www.MidnightDBA.com/Jen

What should a candidate know about your company?

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date November 19, 2013
Categories In People and Opinions, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC
13 Comments on What should a candidate know about your company?

I had a great comment (Ryan McCauley’s) on yesterday’s post that led to a great conversation on Twitter. The comment mentioned a phone screen candidate that was turned down out of hand, because the guy didn’t know what the company did. I personally think that what a candidate (especially in a phone screen) knows about the […]

How to Fail a Phone Screen

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date November 18, 2013
Categories In People and Opinions, Random helpfulness, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC
9 Comments on How to Fail a Phone Screen

It’s funny to me how easy it is to fail a phone screen – both as the interviewer, and as the interviewee – especially considering the fact that the purpose of a phone screen is to determine whether a candidate is worth bringing in for an interview. That’s a pretty low bar, and yet… Getting Phone […]