Just landed my next job
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I just went out and de-activated my resumes on the job boards. 28 days this time from resume launch to job acceptance, for those who track the market. As I mentioned a few days ago; everyone wanted substantially long interviews. And that trend continued. This week I had a 1.5 hr interview with one company. A 2.5 hour interview with another company who had previously given me a one hour phone screen and anticipated another half hour interview. Grueling. At least now I have a six month contract and can avoid this crap for a while. No time off between contracts, though. I couldn't really swing it.
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I just went out and de-activated my resumes on the job boards. 28 days this time from resume launch to job acceptance, for those who track the market. As I mentioned a few days ago; everyone wanted substantially long interviews. And that trend continued. This week I had a 1.5 hr interview with one company. A 2.5 hour interview with another company who had previously given me a one hour phone screen and anticipated another half hour interview. Grueling. At least now I have a six month contract and can avoid this crap for a while. No time off between contracts, though. I couldn't really swing it.
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Great news! :rose: I had quite a good interview, nice and to the point, about one hour including a small written test. The interviewer was a very nice guy, and we had a really good rapport. I have to wait until next week to hear more though, but here's hoping. It's even worth my 40km, one way, commute.
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I just went out and de-activated my resumes on the job boards. 28 days this time from resume launch to job acceptance, for those who track the market. As I mentioned a few days ago; everyone wanted substantially long interviews. And that trend continued. This week I had a 1.5 hr interview with one company. A 2.5 hour interview with another company who had previously given me a one hour phone screen and anticipated another half hour interview. Grueling. At least now I have a six month contract and can avoid this crap for a while. No time off between contracts, though. I couldn't really swing it.
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Nice one. When you said 1.5/2.5 hours I thought you meant a permie job. That long for a contract??? What did they want? Your inside leg measurement??? As a guide my present contract was a 30 minute telephone interview, the previous was a 45 minute face-to-face as was the one before that. I've found the best interviews are where the interviewer brings out the enthusiasm and motivation of the interviewee: lengthy technical interviews tell you what knowledge someone might have but not how they would apply it. My very first contract interview went something like: JB looked over my CV. "Can you start tomorrow?" "Yes" "Okay then, see you in the morning..." (That was centuries ago)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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I just went out and de-activated my resumes on the job boards. 28 days this time from resume launch to job acceptance, for those who track the market. As I mentioned a few days ago; everyone wanted substantially long interviews. And that trend continued. This week I had a 1.5 hr interview with one company. A 2.5 hour interview with another company who had previously given me a one hour phone screen and anticipated another half hour interview. Grueling. At least now I have a six month contract and can avoid this crap for a while. No time off between contracts, though. I couldn't really swing it.
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Well done on getting your next role. I can only guess that it's different on your side of the pond to here in the UK,but my last 4 contracts (with an average length of about 18 months including renewals) have been with 20-30 minute interviews - my CV shows I have the skills to do the work and the interview is mainly about whether I would fit into the team.
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I just went out and de-activated my resumes on the job boards. 28 days this time from resume launch to job acceptance, for those who track the market. As I mentioned a few days ago; everyone wanted substantially long interviews. And that trend continued. This week I had a 1.5 hr interview with one company. A 2.5 hour interview with another company who had previously given me a one hour phone screen and anticipated another half hour interview. Grueling. At least now I have a six month contract and can avoid this crap for a while. No time off between contracts, though. I couldn't really swing it.
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Congratulations ! Hope it goe$ well, and you enjoy it. best, Bill
"Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning." C.S. Lewis
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Great news! :rose: I had quite a good interview, nice and to the point, about one hour including a small written test. The interviewer was a very nice guy, and we had a really good rapport. I have to wait until next week to hear more though, but here's hoping. It's even worth my 40km, one way, commute.
Thanks. I appreciate the thoughts. You'd be jealous of my commute. It's around 5 blocks. Unfair, but I've had the long commutes before so I know. I'm glad your interview wasn't fitting my pattern.
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Nice one. When you said 1.5/2.5 hours I thought you meant a permie job. That long for a contract??? What did they want? Your inside leg measurement??? As a guide my present contract was a 30 minute telephone interview, the previous was a 45 minute face-to-face as was the one before that. I've found the best interviews are where the interviewer brings out the enthusiasm and motivation of the interviewee: lengthy technical interviews tell you what knowledge someone might have but not how they would apply it. My very first contract interview went something like: JB looked over my CV. "Can you start tomorrow?" "Yes" "Okay then, see you in the morning..." (That was centuries ago)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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When you said 1.5/2.5 hours I thought you meant a permie job. That long for a contract??? What did they want? Your inside leg measurement???
Yeah, WTF, right? I thought I'd get out of such long-a** interviews with contract work. Something to do with the craziness going through. Too much distrust of their process for getting good people, I guess.
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Well done on getting your next role. I can only guess that it's different on your side of the pond to here in the UK,but my last 4 contracts (with an average length of about 18 months including renewals) have been with 20-30 minute interviews - my CV shows I have the skills to do the work and the interview is mainly about whether I would fit into the team.
I'm hoping its just a fad. Nobody seems to believe resumes/cv's right now. What kind of asteroid hit and changed the rules in the last year? I'm sure it has something to do with the economy but I'm not sure how the one connects to the other.
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Congratulations ! Hope it goe$ well, and you enjoy it. best, Bill
"Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning." C.S. Lewis
My wife said the best part of a new job is just before day 1. She was joking but I see her point. I think so, this seems like a good place for me to be right now.
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