Neither - Altern-8 rave revival gig
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Sort of leads into this.
Marginally less distressing than the full lycra lookā¦
Fixt
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2nd interview with Aussie commodities traders (no, really) next week. Another with scary Americans tomorrow. Phone interview with an outfit that I now realise are a consultancy (argh! Accenture flashback! nurse! the curtains!) tonight.
The days of playing Borderlands and doing the occasional spot of development for a laugh are looking seriously endangered.
Have fun and good luck!
I could write a book about appalling interviews - āIām very concerned about your ageā, āWe donāt need code reviews, weāre all experienced engineersā, āSit down. I think thereās a chair under all those boxesā, and the git who thought it was hilarious to take the piss out of my (mild, was a hell of a lot worse when I was a kid) stammer. I had difficulty in not just punching him in the nose. The company was amazed when I turned down a second interview. Or the interviewers who simply didnāt turn up because they were ābusyā.
Iām sure Iāll have a few more war stories by the end of this particular cycle.
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was on an interview panel this morning. It isnāt very professional when one candidate starts spouting off confidential details of cases he had dealt withā¦and how one would have to be (and I genuinely quote)ā¦ālike a Lion to line manage meā¦ā
I once had an interview at the AWE. A rag bag of directors, scientists and HR asked me a series of entirely irrelevant and unrelated questions for 2 hours, adjourned the meeting for 1.5 hours and then called me back into the interview room and said they would like to offer me the job.
āWhich job is this then?ā I asked, to which they took another 30 minute recess before coming back and saying ānot sureā. They closed the interview and said they were impressed and would call me back in for a follow up, no doubt with an entirely new but equally clueless random selection of their staff.
After 3 months they rang me up and asked how much I wanted, to which I again asked āto do whatā. This led to a further delay of about another few weeks before some-one who said they were āvery seniorā came back to me on the phone and asked for me to āstop playing games and name my priceā.
I politely said I would need to consider this very carefully and get back to them. Iāve left them quivering in anticipation for more than a decade now as its a difficult thing to make such a big decision onā¦
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How times have changed.
I remember when the Job centre would send you to a job,and you would start that day or the next.
No cv,no checks no nothing.
So I presume heās now hired? 
3 were shortlisted, one internal candidate from another department (perfect slot in for this vacancy), one who was semi-internal (from the roster of casuals), and the one that needed a lion tamer! - it was a no brainerā¦
Cardiothoracic surgeon?
Barrister
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One was manager of a newsagents,the other was running a hifi/camera department.
Tricky here but if you are prepared to work in Louisiana then maybe not Frank Abagnale - Wikipedia.
VB
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ICAP? I moved their trading system from two buildings down to one when they bought the old Lehmans office in liverpool st.
Iād be grateful if someone can identify an icon that has recently appeared on my phone. Itās the one to the left of the wifi icon. It disappears temporarily when I pull down the notification area. It doesnāt appear to be related to the volume buttons.
Iāve never used a CV when changing jobs - itās always reputation and word-of-mouth stuff. Had some pretty responsible, well paid positions too.
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