Job Interview DisastersThe boss showed me the shop floor, complete with loose floor tiles, out-of-date equipment and prospective colleagues eyeing me like a raw steak. "Christ, what a craphole", I said. I think that's the moment I blew it. Tell us how you didn't get the job.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 21 Nov 2013, 13:06)
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"Why isn't this spreadsheet working? Whoever wrote this is an idiot!"
"Well, actually, you've typed over the cells that calculate the results"
"It's still stupid. Anyway, how do you know what was there?"
"I'm the idiot that wrote it"
"Oh good. So can you fix it then?"
"no"
(, Mon 25 Nov 2013, 17:16, 1 reply)
Use password protect in futureYou can specify cells that cannot be clicked on, much less typed over. It's invaluable when you're creating any sort of complicated thing.
(, Tue 26 Nov 2013, 1:35, closed)
Yeah, ta.Actually I normally arrange it so that any trashable cells are in separate columns, then I hide the columns.
To be honest I don't do a lot of that stuff nowadays anyway, but my old stuff is still in circulation.
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