Are the posted questions getting worse?
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Ed Wagner (1/19/2016)
GilaMonster (1/19/2016)
BL0B_EATER (1/19/2016)
GilaMonster (1/19/2016)
Talking about dressing up a CV, the last time I used an agency (well over 10 years ago), they sent me to an interview. At the time I was a web developer who dabbled in SQL and my CV bore that out (plus some MS Access skills),I can't remember what the interviewer asked, but it was nothing related to web development. After a couple questions that I couldn't even begin to answer, I asked the interviewer what position this interview was for. Project Manager/Business Analyst. Thinking maybe the agency had mixed up the location, I stammered an apology and explained I was a web developer.
"But your CV claims 5 years of project management experience", replies the interviewer, angry, and handed me the CV which the agency had sent him.
My details, my work experience, with modified projects and responsibilities, and a completely fictional skill matrix.
That's not good - what was the agency's reply?
I think the excuse was 'there must have been a mix up'. Yeah, right.
Sounds like a pretty lame excuse to me. Did you thrash the agency later?
No. Dropped them on the spot, told them never to call me again.
Gail Shaw
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BL0B_EATER (1/19/2016)
SQLRNNR (1/19/2016)
GilaMonster (1/19/2016)
Talking about dressing up a CV, the last time I used an agency (well over 10 years ago), they sent me to an interview. At the time I was a web developer who dabbled in SQL and my CV bore that out (plus some MS Access skills),I can't remember what the interviewer asked, but it was nothing related to web development. After a couple questions that I couldn't even begin to answer, I asked the interviewer what position this interview was for. Project Manager/Business Analyst. Thinking maybe the agency had mixed up the location, I stammered an apology and explained I was a web developer.
"But your CV claims 5 years of project management experience", replies the interviewer, angry, and handed me the CV which the agency had sent him.
My details, my work experience, with modified projects and responsibilities, and a completely fictional skill matrix.
This kind of stuff is more fun when you find they have been dressing up other people's resumes with your resume. Just replace name on resume and it works fantastic for any bloke off the street. I was interviewing for my replacement once and came across my resume in the stack with somebody else's name on it. Yeah that is fun!
Please tell me they at least dropped the MCM / MVP tag??? If not then that's a double epic failure.
The time I was the interviewer, I was not yet MCM or MVP.
But I have heard of my resume coming back around since becoming an MCM and the MCM was not removed from the resume.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Hugo Kornelis (1/19/2016)
BL0B_EATER (1/19/2016)
Oh sorry forgot to mention they also asked me who Paul Randal is / what a MVP is? ( Only because I put down my mentoring / training relationship with him) .... FACEPALM.Ha! I think I can top that. I have also had a phone conversation with an interviewer who had no clue what the MVP award is - but in my case, the interviewer was a Microsoft HR employee, interviewing for a position in Microsoft...
YIKES!
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SQLRNNR (1/19/2016)
BL0B_EATER (1/19/2016)
SQLRNNR (1/19/2016)
GilaMonster (1/19/2016)
Talking about dressing up a CV, the last time I used an agency (well over 10 years ago), they sent me to an interview. At the time I was a web developer who dabbled in SQL and my CV bore that out (plus some MS Access skills),I can't remember what the interviewer asked, but it was nothing related to web development. After a couple questions that I couldn't even begin to answer, I asked the interviewer what position this interview was for. Project Manager/Business Analyst. Thinking maybe the agency had mixed up the location, I stammered an apology and explained I was a web developer.
"But your CV claims 5 years of project management experience", replies the interviewer, angry, and handed me the CV which the agency had sent him.
My details, my work experience, with modified projects and responsibilities, and a completely fictional skill matrix.
This kind of stuff is more fun when you find they have been dressing up other people's resumes with your resume. Just replace name on resume and it works fantastic for any bloke off the street. I was interviewing for my replacement once and came across my resume in the stack with somebody else's name on it. Yeah that is fun!
Please tell me they at least dropped the MCM / MVP tag??? If not then that's a double epic failure.
The time I was the interviewer, I was not yet MCM or MVP.
But I have heard of my resume coming back around since becoming an MCM and the MCM was not removed from the resume.
Have you contacted the head of the agency and told them this is identity theft (because it sort of is) and that if they don't fix it, you'll take them to court?
Or maybe it's one single person who stole your resume and is recycling it.
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I've some interesting interview experiences recently both as the interviewer and the interviewee.
As an interviewer I've seen 2 resumes/CVs from one recruiter that had a specialized piece of insurance software mentioned as 2 bullet points that were identical. I actually had to open them both up to make sure I hadn't opened the same resume/CV twice.
I also had a candidate tell me that "clustered indexes are 40-50% faster than non-clustered indexes".
As the interviewee I've never had anyone mention MVP, I did in my last interview because the interviewer had stressed that he wanted to hire people who could teach/mentor others and I pointed out that I was recognized by Microsoft as an MVP because I teach/mentor others through the community. After the interview one of the buys did ask me what I thought about Brent Ozar and if he was worth the money. That's pretty much the only time anyone has mentioned well-known people in an interview.
Jack Corbett
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Alvin Ramard (1/19/2016)
MVP? That's Microsoft Vice President, right? 🙂Could be worse, they could have asked why we are talking about basketball in an IT interview.
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Brandie Tarvin (1/19/2016)
SQLRNNR (1/19/2016)
BL0B_EATER (1/19/2016)
SQLRNNR (1/19/2016)
GilaMonster (1/19/2016)
Talking about dressing up a CV, the last time I used an agency (well over 10 years ago), they sent me to an interview. At the time I was a web developer who dabbled in SQL and my CV bore that out (plus some MS Access skills),I can't remember what the interviewer asked, but it was nothing related to web development. After a couple questions that I couldn't even begin to answer, I asked the interviewer what position this interview was for. Project Manager/Business Analyst. Thinking maybe the agency had mixed up the location, I stammered an apology and explained I was a web developer.
"But your CV claims 5 years of project management experience", replies the interviewer, angry, and handed me the CV which the agency had sent him.
My details, my work experience, with modified projects and responsibilities, and a completely fictional skill matrix.
This kind of stuff is more fun when you find they have been dressing up other people's resumes with your resume. Just replace name on resume and it works fantastic for any bloke off the street. I was interviewing for my replacement once and came across my resume in the stack with somebody else's name on it. Yeah that is fun!
Please tell me they at least dropped the MCM / MVP tag??? If not then that's a double epic failure.
The time I was the interviewer, I was not yet MCM or MVP.
But I have heard of my resume coming back around since becoming an MCM and the MCM was not removed from the resume.
Have you contacted the head of the agency and told them this is identity theft (because it sort of is) and that if they don't fix it, you'll take them to court?
Or maybe it's one single person who stole your resume and is recycling it.
In the first instance where I was the interviewer I did confront the agency. All of the resumes from that agency went in the trash.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
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BL0B_EATER (1/19/2016)
Anybody notice the new hair style?
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events -
SQLRNNR (1/19/2016)
BL0B_EATER (1/19/2016)
Anybody notice the new hair style?
I wasn't going to mention it, thought he was having a baaaaad day 😉
Rodders...
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SQLRNNR (1/19/2016)
BL0B_EATER (1/19/2016)
Anybody notice the new hair style?
Jabba the Hat.
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ChrisM@Work (1/19/2016)
SQLRNNR (1/19/2016)
BL0B_EATER (1/19/2016)
Anybody notice the new hair style?
Jabba the Hat.
Looks just like the waiter (as I remember him/her) when we left the pub the other day:-P
😎
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Suddenly everythings is so quiet, no notifications or emails blimping on the phone, not a single message since early afternoon, am I lucky or maybe Steve, is SSC's email service down?
😎
...or maybe I should have charged my phone:-P
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Eirikur Eiriksson (1/19/2016)
Suddenly everythings is so quiet, no notifications or emails blimping on the phone, not a single message since early afternoon, am I lucky or maybe Steve, is SSC's email service down?😎
...or maybe I should have charged my phone:-P
Steve's at Red-Gate central, so he put one of the developers on the list for all spam until it got fixed.
Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes
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Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes
If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!
Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2
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