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  • G glennPattonWork3

    Hi All, Regulars will know of employment trouble, I now have two second interviews coming. I feel that while I could do both jobs one is beyond the 'Here Be Monsters' sign very close to the middle of know where, the other is much closer to life but does work in an area which I don't really know (but the employers seem to want to train me!). Any suggestions, Help? Glenn

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    Two-second interviews ? Like *starts counting* one ... two ... done ? You should be more confident in yourself, I am sure you can last at least five minutes. ;P

    ~RaGE();

    I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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      Two-second interviews ? Like *starts counting* one ... two ... done ? You should be more confident in yourself, I am sure you can last at least five minutes. ;P

      ~RaGE();

      I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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      Hope springs eternal, never really been in this situation before :)

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      • G glennPattonWork3

        Hi All, Regulars will know of employment trouble, I now have two second interviews coming. I feel that while I could do both jobs one is beyond the 'Here Be Monsters' sign very close to the middle of know where, the other is much closer to life but does work in an area which I don't really know (but the employers seem to want to train me!). Any suggestions, Help? Glenn

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        Think of the advantages: Middle of nowhere: light traffic means easy commute (except for one week in winter when the snow is deep). You don't have to live next door to your workplace! Area you don't know: provided it's something interesting to you, and they are willing to train (and give you time to get good at it) that's not a problem either - learning is good! :laugh: Approach both with confidence, and an open mind - try to get them both and you can make a decision then. Assume you don't want one of them and what happens if you don't get the other? As you have seen, it's a lot easier to get a job if you already have one... :laugh: Good luck!

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        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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          Two-second interviews ? Like *starts counting* one ... two ... done ? You should be more confident in yourself, I am sure you can last at least five minutes. ;P

          ~RaGE();

          I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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          Stammer. That should stretch it out to 6 or 8 seconds, easy.

          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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          • G glennPattonWork3

            Hi All, Regulars will know of employment trouble, I now have two second interviews coming. I feel that while I could do both jobs one is beyond the 'Here Be Monsters' sign very close to the middle of know where, the other is much closer to life but does work in an area which I don't really know (but the employers seem to want to train me!). Any suggestions, Help? Glenn

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            Given a choice, I would take the second offer because learning new things ( and also getting paid) will expand my skillset which will help me in future search

            cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              Think of the advantages: Middle of nowhere: light traffic means easy commute (except for one week in winter when the snow is deep). You don't have to live next door to your workplace! Area you don't know: provided it's something interesting to you, and they are willing to train (and give you time to get good at it) that's not a problem either - learning is good! :laugh: Approach both with confidence, and an open mind - try to get them both and you can make a decision then. Assume you don't want one of them and what happens if you don't get the other? As you have seen, it's a lot easier to get a job if you already have one... :laugh: Good luck!

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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              glennPattonWork3
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              Quote:

              As you have seen, it's a lot easier to get a job if you already have one... :laugh:

              Which was pretty much what I was thinking.

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              • G glennPattonWork3

                Hi All, Regulars will know of employment trouble, I now have two second interviews coming. I feel that while I could do both jobs one is beyond the 'Here Be Monsters' sign very close to the middle of know where, the other is much closer to life but does work in an area which I don't really know (but the employers seem to want to train me!). Any suggestions, Help? Glenn

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                Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                I second OG on this. Do not rule out one of them before interview! You can get both, visit both places and see how you feel about before saying your last word...

                I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V) תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!

                "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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                • G glennPattonWork3

                  Hi All, Regulars will know of employment trouble, I now have two second interviews coming. I feel that while I could do both jobs one is beyond the 'Here Be Monsters' sign very close to the middle of know where, the other is much closer to life but does work in an area which I don't really know (but the employers seem to want to train me!). Any suggestions, Help? Glenn

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                  How are they going to know you are the right candidate after a 2 second Interview?

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    Think of the advantages: Middle of nowhere: light traffic means easy commute (except for one week in winter when the snow is deep). You don't have to live next door to your workplace! Area you don't know: provided it's something interesting to you, and they are willing to train (and give you time to get good at it) that's not a problem either - learning is good! :laugh: Approach both with confidence, and an open mind - try to get them both and you can make a decision then. Assume you don't want one of them and what happens if you don't get the other? As you have seen, it's a lot easier to get a job if you already have one... :laugh: Good luck!

                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                    OriginalGriff wrote:

                    As you have seen, it's a lot easier to get a job if you already have one...

                    :sigh:

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                      How are they going to know you are the right candidate after a 2 second Interview?

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                      You don't know me, I can confuse most people by looking at them.

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                        OriginalGriff wrote:

                        As you have seen, it's a lot easier to get a job if you already have one...

                        :sigh:

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                        glennPattonWork3
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                        Oh Nagy, how are you doing work wise?

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                        • G glennPattonWork3

                          Oh Nagy, how are you doing work wise?

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                          Nagy Vilmos
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                          glennPattonPUB wrote:

                          how are you doing work wise?

                          A sparrow's nadger short of f'all! :laugh: I had a second interview yesterday, hopefully I'll get called back later today. This company has FOUR [count 'em] interviews with HR, Project Management, Development / Technical and finally with the MD to discuss the wonga. So I'm either half way in or rising for the fall. [edit] ... and an online technical test for C# and Java. That'll be fun; fun like catching your hand in a closing door.

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                            You don't know me, I can confuse most people by looking at them.

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                            Nagy Vilmos
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                            You don't know Pomps, he can confuse people without looking at them!

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                              glennPattonPUB wrote:

                              how are you doing work wise?

                              A sparrow's nadger short of f'all! :laugh: I had a second interview yesterday, hopefully I'll get called back later today. This company has FOUR [count 'em] interviews with HR, Project Management, Development / Technical and finally with the MD to discuss the wonga. So I'm either half way in or rising for the fall. [edit] ... and an online technical test for C# and Java. That'll be fun; fun like catching your hand in a closing door.

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                              Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                              an online technical test for C# and Java. That'll be fun

                              Do what everyone else seems to: ask for "URGNT!!! NEED CODZZZZ!!!" in QA... :laugh:

                              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                Stammer. That should stretch it out to 6 or 8 seconds, easy.

                                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                Yes that should work but only if discussion content is kept relevant.

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                                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                  Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                  an online technical test for C# and Java. That'll be fun

                                  Do what everyone else seems to: ask for "URGNT!!! NEED CODZZZZ!!!" in QA... :laugh:

                                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                  Too late, done it since my last post. 30 questions, allow 45-60 minutes, finished inside 30. Aty a guesstimate I scored 80% +/- 19.36%

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                                    glennPattonPUB wrote:

                                    how are you doing work wise?

                                    A sparrow's nadger short of f'all! :laugh: I had a second interview yesterday, hopefully I'll get called back later today. This company has FOUR [count 'em] interviews with HR, Project Management, Development / Technical and finally with the MD to discuss the wonga. So I'm either half way in or rising for the fall. [edit] ... and an online technical test for C# and Java. That'll be fun; fun like catching your hand in a closing door.

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                                    glennPattonWork3
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                                    ... and an online technical test for C# and Java. That'll be fun; fun like catching your hand in a closing door.

                                    I have fallen foul of those things many times. The best I have done was sorting out a C test that suddenly ask you a question on Dephi. Best O' Luck though:thumbsup:

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                                      Too late, done it since my last post. 30 questions, allow 45-60 minutes, finished inside 30. Aty a guesstimate I scored 80% +/- 19.36%

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                                      Could have been worse: you could have scored 19.36% +/- 80% Good luck - I know what it's like being unemployed, and nobody makes it easy to get back into work...particularly if you are any good and have the record / previous wages to prove it. :sigh:

                                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                        Could have been worse: you could have scored 19.36% +/- 80% Good luck - I know what it's like being unemployed, and nobody makes it easy to get back into work...particularly if you are any good and have the record / previous wages to prove it. :sigh:

                                        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                        OriginalGriff wrote:

                                        nobody makes it easy to get back into work...particularly if you are any good and have the record / previous wages to prove it.

                                        :doh: One should think it's worse to be bad and have the record / previous wages to prove it

                                        Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.

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                                        • G glennPattonWork3

                                          Hi All, Regulars will know of employment trouble, I now have two second interviews coming. I feel that while I could do both jobs one is beyond the 'Here Be Monsters' sign very close to the middle of know where, the other is much closer to life but does work in an area which I don't really know (but the employers seem to want to train me!). Any suggestions, Help? Glenn

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                                          Jorgen Andersson
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                                          Here's another vote for doing both interviews as unbiased as possible, and make up your mind afterward if you'd be so lucky that you get both jobs.

                                          Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.

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