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#24918 - 23/08/07 11:06 AM
Re: Tips for interviews
[Re: John Sandham]
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Jonathan Wells
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Registered: 11/01/06
Posts: 90
Loc: Out in the sticks
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Though I have not interviewed anyone, I still remember being asked to identify electronic components when I was being interviewed for my current job. Naturally I was able to identify them all correctly!
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#24919 - 23/08/07 11:24 AM
Re: Tips for interviews
[Re: Jonathan Wells]
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Mark.N
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Registered: 13/06/01
Posts: 394
Loc: Taunton
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We only ask candidates to identify some electronic components but not their values. We also give them a wired 13amp plug and ask them to identify any problems with it. Practically, we ask them to desolder a couple of components.
If the candidates comes from an engineering background we don't feel that it's right to ask them technical questions.
Once registration is in place our interviews will be based on the 'personal qualities' of the candidate.
If someone is lacking in engineering skills, we can give them additional training but if someone hasn't got the right personal skills we'd be stuffed, as we are all a jolly lot down here in Taunton.
Cheers
Mark
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#24930 - 24/08/07 07:01 AM
Re: Tips for interviews
[Re: John Sandham]
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Geoff Hannis
Hero
Registered: 12/02/04
Posts: 3026
Loc: the path less trodden
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There is no I in Team! (...where have I heard that before?)
Luckily, there is still work around for resourceful people, those of independent spirit, "self-starters" able to work in isolation and without supervision, and still carry the job through to a successful conclusion.
Now, those are the jobs worth going for! How do you interview for those, I wonder (indeed, where do you find such people in the first place)? 
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#25063 - 03/09/07 06:50 PM
Re: Tips for interviews
[Re: JIM GAVIN]
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Geoff Hannis
Hero
Registered: 12/02/04
Posts: 3026
Loc: the path less trodden
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When he said "spike", perhaps he was referring to the coffee! When he was talking about strapping people down, he obviously thought you were talking about ECT, not ECG, Jim. And from what I've seen of the state of young people's spelling, when he saw "fet" he probably thought it was one of those things at the end of his legs.
I congratulate you on maintaining standards, Jim, and keeping the Barbarian(s) from the door, so to speak. Because, as we all know, once they sneak in, there's no getting rid of them! 
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