Don't you find ...
that people who are really good at job interviews and CV writing can be a problem? A couple of fellows i work (or worked) with at various times spring to mind. one was in our CAD department, all the right qualifications, very good interview, promised the earth and all that's in it, and turned out to be a complete fuckup with absolutely no engineering sense at all, specifying interference-fit holes in components to let a stainless screw self-tap (ie jam into place) instead of tapping it properly because he couldn't be bothered to indicate a tapped hole on the drawing, tutted over the mistakes on a back-of-a-fagpacket drawing i wanted made into a DXF, then got the huff when i returned his drawing covered in red pen where he'd made his own buggerups. Spent hours of overtime playing flight sims and downloading pr0n and eventually got the sack. The other guy gave a terrible interview, but was hired anyway. he's good at his job and well liked, just no good at interviews. the reason? he stays in a job long enough that he just doesn't get the practice at job interviews, which from an employer's point of view should be a good sign.

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(Jack Rarebit ...We like chillies, Sun 9 Jul 2006, 22:09, Reply)