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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 1

Just curious if anybody here has ever walked out of an interview...What would be your justifications for doing so?

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Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 2

CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)
Just curious if anybody here has ever walked out of an interview...What would be your justifications for doing so?

I've walked out of a few. One was when the job the interviewer was describing was nothing like the job I'd been pitched. I excused myself and said "I don't think this is for me" and left. The other was out of an agency interview way back when I was just starting out. I asked repeatedly "Do you charge me a fee or have the client pay?" and they changed the subject or talked around it three times. I asked forcefully a fourth time, he reluctantly said "You pay a small fee" and I got up and walked out without another word.

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CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)
Just curious if anybody here has ever walked out of an interview...What would be your justifications for doing so?

I've terminated an interview when it was obvious the pay was too low, but just walking out? Unless I was severly insulted or abused in some way, don't think I'd do that.

Curious, did this just happen to you?

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 4

Here's a link for the Chulthulhu-y people.

http://www.rockpapercynic.com/index.php?date=2009-05-29

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 5

Stefan Krzywicki (9/17/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)
Just curious if anybody here has ever walked out of an interview...What would be your justifications for doing so?
I've walked out of a few. One was when the job the interviewer was describing was nothing like the job I'd been pitched. I excused myself and said "I don't think this is for me" and left. The other was out of an agency interview way back when I was just starting out. I asked repeatedly "Do you charge me a fee or have the client pay?" and they changed the subject or talked around it three times. I asked forcefully a fourth time, he reluctantly said "You pay a small fee" and I got up and walked out without another word.

Those are good reasons. I think a good reason that comes to mind is if the interviewer is confrontational. Or if the interviewer is a moroff (worse is when that person is the team lead / hands on type of person).

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 6

Roy Ernest (9/17/2010)
This thread has become a monster. It has taken over everyone. I had not checked this thread in the last three days and now I have no way of following it.The aliens are taking over it. Klingons :alien:

So, how many posts did we do in three days? We've had several hot topics during that time...

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 7

WayneS (9/17/2010)
Roy Ernest (9/17/2010)
This thread has become a monster. It has taken over everyone. I had not checked this thread in the last three days and now I have no way of following it.The aliens are taking over it. Klingons :alien:
So, how many posts did we do in three days? We've had several hot topics during that time...

Well, we now need about 17/day to hit our target. We had at least 70 today.

Think we'll make it? 🙂

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 8

Alvin Ramard (9/17/2010)
WayneS (9/17/2010)
Roy Ernest (9/17/2010)
This thread has become a monster. It has taken over everyone. I had not checked this thread in the last three days and now I have no way of following it.The aliens are taking over it. Klingons :alien:
So, how many posts did we do in three days? We've had several hot topics during that time...
Well, we now need about 17/day to hit our target. We had at least 70 today.
Think we'll make it? 🙂

yup - sunday we needed about 23/day

Today we need 17.15/day and Gail needs 15.15/day to reach the goal.

No question we'll make it.

We've done about 450 posts this week on this thread.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 9

Has anybody else noticed how close SSC is to 1 million posts overall?

Any bets on if we could get that done by the end of the year?

Only ~12000 posts to go.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Trey Staker SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4796 More actions · Answer 10

I work in the same building complexes as Cold Stone's headquarters...

Today was a charity event with the Phoenix Suns, free icecream for me today!!!

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CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)
Just curious if anybody here has ever walked out of an interview...What would be your justifications for doing so?

I've never walked out on an interview but had one guy walk out on us during it. He thought he was going to be a lone wolf DBA and when he realized the position was to be a member of a team the interviewee stood up and just walked away. We did have a few minutes of interview time and had pretty much assesed that he wasn't qualified. The sad part is he probably found a job somewhere as a DBA.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 12

Trey Staker (9/17/2010)
I work in the same building complexes as Cold Stone's headquarters...
Today was a charity event with the Phoenix Suns, free icecream for me today!!!

Rub it in. Though I can only eat cold stone in small quantities - too sweet surprisingly.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 13

Trey Staker (9/17/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)
Just curious if anybody here has ever walked out of an interview...What would be your justifications for doing so?
I've never walked out on an interview but had one guy walk out on us during it. He thought he was going to be a lone wolf DBA and when he realized the position was to be a member of a team the interviewee stood up and just walked away. We did have a few minutes of interview time and had pretty much assesed that he wasn't qualified. The sad part is he probably found a job somewhere as a DBA.

That is quite unfortunate. I prefer the team environment.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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Trey Staker SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4796 More actions · Answer 14

CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)
Trey Staker (9/17/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)
Just curious if anybody here has ever walked out of an interview...What would be your justifications for doing so?
I've never walked out on an interview but had one guy walk out on us during it. He thought he was going to be a lone wolf DBA and when he realized the position was to be a member of a team the interviewee stood up and just walked away. We did have a few minutes of interview time and had pretty much assesed that he wasn't qualified. The sad part is he probably found a job somewhere as a DBA.
That is quite unfortunate. I prefer the team environment.

Me too. I've done both, currently I'm a lone wolf but the 2 previous jobs were both team envirnments. One I was the most experience person on the team so I was mentoring a lot. The other we all had been working with databases for atleast 8 years. The funny thing is I learned just a much or more mentoring as I did working with people who were exactly at my level.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 15

CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)
Trey Staker (9/17/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (9/17/2010)
Just curious if anybody here has ever walked out of an interview...What would be your justifications for doing so?
I've never walked out on an interview but had one guy walk out on us during it. He thought he was going to be a lone wolf DBA and when he realized the position was to be a member of a team the interviewee stood up and just walked away. We did have a few minutes of interview time and had pretty much assesed that he wasn't qualified. The sad part is he probably found a job somewhere as a DBA.
That is quite unfortunate. I prefer the team environment.

Speaking of teams... congrats on breaking the 10K point barrier. You haven't shown up on the "post" leader board yet but you are in a fairly elite group of 6 folks to ever get 10K points and 1 or those is Steve Jones. 😛

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