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ZT but it is good for us to discuss what went wrong:
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BS of Computer engineer. Some embedded software (firmware, BSP etc) experiences.8 years change 6 companies. last 2 years as contractor.! s$ o* O" b. X& X+ M, c
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Interview 1: by manager and technical leader
8 u1 a$ B) g% [* p1 H* S% o-Many technical questions. I gave answers ok.6 H" `# A# z# d7 R( t
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7 u* _" ]5 q/ h9 X9 ?, wManager asked me 5 times why I changed job so frequently. I said the companies did not work out as expected. So I need keep update (make a change)for my future carreer (development).1 u+ m3 k5 J5 y# A6 w. t' m% y
0 t. O2 B2 w8 o; ]2 }- x) h8 @Finally, manager asked me if I had any questions. As I did not prepare very well. I just asked what project was going on and the current progress.
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6 K2 Z3 ~" B9 \% W' {& C! YAfter the interview, I did not get any feedback.9 Q, h+ Q$ p' d. C$ \4 T7 s
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Interview 2: by manager, team lead and HR / }0 F: S. K9 B2 |- c4 J( v/ [4 b
- Z; ^0 u! g6 M& b" [" mThe manager and team lead gave me technical phone interviews. After the interview, the manager told me HR would contact me.
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# `4 t; c6 z7 v& E6 vOne week later HR manager phone interviewed (interviewed me on the phone).HR asked me what is my current salary (what my current salary was). I said: I am more interesting(interested) in the project.
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2 I# U/ w6 y& m8 E! J, Q% z' aHR insisted to ask (on asking) me how much money I (would) prefer.I said, the company should have the salary range. I am ok with it as I am more interesting (interested) in (the) company.
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HR asked how much I made now (currently).I said I am current(ly) on a contract which was not perm salary. HR asked me (for) the hour rate. I gave him the answer(my current hour rate - $20).6 V2 R& _+ q. q# |) O! S+ W1 g
0 R! U( Z: L) m- ], ?HR asked why I immigrated to Canada not USA. I thought it was a trick question. So I gave him my answer: I did not know how to immegrate to USA. As USA has many good company like your company. If I knew (had known)how to immegrate to USA, I would do it (have done so) instead of canada.- }* c x" h8 `0 ]6 i
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One hour later, I got a reject email!
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What wemt wrong?% [+ V" P' E! q H
PS: There were many language errors in the original posting. I corrected directly for the most part but the conversational part was corrected in ().By the way, I don't think he failed the interviews because of his language problem.
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[ 本帖最后由 OliveOil 于 2008-1-9 12:23 编辑 ] |
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