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post #1 of 21
6/4/10 at 8:39pm
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just bombed a technical question in a phone interview with my dream company
i feel like i had to tell someone
fml
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post #2 of 21
6/4/10 at 8:40pm
What was the ? and how do you know that you bombed it??
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post #3 of 21
6/4/10 at 8:51pm
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it was about a sign beam protruding out of a building that was sagging because of the load. question was which priority of dimensions would you change to be most efficient to reduce sagging. i asked him the answer right before the phone call ended after we chatted a little bit (do you have any questions for me?, etc) answer was 1.a 2.b 3.c i said 1.b 2.c 3.a i didnt fully understand the question and i had to get clarification about 3 times. guess the brain wasnt functioning well after a 8 hour day
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post #4 of 21
6/4/10 at 8:53pm
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Originally Posted by joelmthw View Post
it was about a sign beam protruding out of a building that was sagging because of the load. question was which priority of dimensions would you change to be most efficient to reduce sagging. i asked him the answer right before the phone call ended after we chatted a little bit (do you have any questions for me?, etc) answer was 1.a 2.b 3.c i said 1.b 2.c 3.a
i didnt fully understand the question and i had to get clarification about 3 times. guess the brain wasnt functioning well after a 8 hour day

how did the rest of the interview go??
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post #5 of 21
6/4/10 at 8:55pm
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just ok, it didnt seem like he even read my cv so he dived right in the question. it was with apple...sigh. not my best work
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post #6 of 21
6/4/10 at 8:57pm
they are tough. you may have fukked up! but follow up, etc!
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post #7 of 21
6/4/10 at 8:59pm
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i dont have an email address to the interviewer just the HR person. acceptable to add him on linkedin and write a thank you message through there?
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post #8 of 21
6/4/10 at 9:05pm
Here's to hoping this doesn't happen to me on monday (but for an in-person interview)!
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post #9 of 21
6/4/10 at 9:06pm
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who are you interviewing with? good luck!
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post #10 of 21
6/4/10 at 9:17pm
don't feel too bad, interviews by phone are always awkward, I've even bombed a question interviewing for Garmin.
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post #11 of 21
6/4/10 at 9:19pm
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Originally Posted by joelmthw View Post
i dont have an email address to the interviewer just the HR person. acceptable to add him on linkedin and write a thank you message through there?

No. Be resourceful and attempt to get his e-mail address. Or send a letter to his location/office.
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post #12 of 21
6/4/10 at 9:26pm
Don't want to say because i prefer to keep a clear dividing line between RL and my public SF postings, but it's for a networking job at a mid-sized company. So, not my dream company, but a good one, and it's a pretty decent next step and they didn't give me any issues over the compensation I wanted, so that's good.
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post #13 of 21
6/4/10 at 9:27pm
Get a good night sleep!!
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post #14 of 21
6/5/10 at 12:10am
Apple is hiring MEs?

You're better of not working for them anyway -- they're an evil corporation.
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post #15 of 21
6/5/10 at 12:17am
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Apple is hiring MEs?

You're better of not working for them anyway -- they're an evil corporation.

They are all evil.
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