[154605] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: job screening question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Fri Jul 6 12:27:38 2012
In-Reply-To: <4FF70945.4050507@foobar.org>
From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 12:25:52 -0400
To: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:
> I'll admit that I once asked a question like in an interview, but it was
> only because the candidate had said that he was an expert with the "tar"
> command. If you're going to be that full of poop on a CV, you should
> expect to be called up on it.
>
> [against my advice, the candidate was hired and was a disaster. I left the
> company shortly afterwards.]
That sounds like the guy who on his resume under "training" listed the
3-day course and certification he got in configuring Kentrox CSU/DSUs.
The limited space one has on a resume to present oneself and that's
what he chose to tell me.
I understand that maybe his company made him do it but there are some
things you just don't admit to.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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