Advice

With 2am responsibilities you must be paying top $

Keith Smith


----- Original Message -----
From: David A. Sinck <sinck@ugive.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 10:55:16 AM
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Subject: RE: Advice

>
>
> \_ SMTP quoth Gary Nichols on 3/21/2001 15:30 as having spake thusly:
> \_
> \_ 2) Second interview with candidate is the technical. I warn them
ahead of
> \_ time that I'm bringing them in for a grilling session. Sometimes I'll
bring
> \_ in other engineers that the candidate will be working with and let
them ask
> \_ questions. These questions are more theory and understanding, not anal
> \_ things like "Which switch to you use with fsck to do this blah blah".
>
> OTOH, when I grill people that claim to be "good" in perl, I expect
> them to know what -T is, why it's good, and how to compensate. Not
> knowing the answer won't disqualify them, but it helps to round out
> the picture.
>
> I also have some special winner questions that I like to ask. Either
> they can 1) answer them or 2) I get to see them cope under pressure.
> Both are illustrative. I've had one (1) person answer my special
> happy question for Perl...he was offered that same day. Everyone
> else got to perform under pressure.
>
> I'm all for a low stress working place, but when the heat is on, it's
> 2AM, and you are responsible for the database being down, can you ride
> or are you getting off the coach? So far, the candidates that have
> come on board at various companies after fielding the winner have
> proved their mettle.
>
> \_ Those questions are worthless... anyone can use 'man' to look that
> \_ up in a pinch. I will add though that people that can name [fsck
> \_ opts] off the top of their head need to see my point#11 in my
> \_ previous email.
>
> No, it's when they know all the options to find.... :-)
>
> David
>
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