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 Stories
of interviewees being asked to solve engineering problems - basically working for free - have been around
for a long time. Dilbert comic strips have been drawn about it. Job search forums have posts by people
telling of ridiculous and/or insulting treatment. Fortunately, at least in the engineering world, those
instances are relatively few and far between. This first article this month address the issue. The others
cover both employers and employees - and prospective employees. I try to weed out the ones written by
people who do nothing but give regurgitated advice to others without actually having much experience
themselves (author names get familiar after years of searching for this stuff).
Having held many positions over my career, I have been subject to many different interview styles ranging
from being deluged with system and circuit questions to being asked mostly about personal and behavioral
characteristics.
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Should You Do Free Work at a Job Interview?, by Alison Greene
- How to Get Your Resume Ready for a Job Search, by Lily Martis
- Choosing an Interview Style and Format, by Will Zimmerman
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How to Find a Good Mentor, by Victor Lipman
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How to Get Replies to Your Messages on LinkedIn, by Marcelle Yeager
- Brexit May Take a Toll
on Tech Jobs in the UK and EU, by Ron Schneiderman - Here is yet another instance of a writer
with an agenda (anti-Brexit), who will almost certainly be proven wrong (they
usually are wrong about these things). Note the use of many conditional statement - that's a
sure sign.
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Engage Employees in Candid Conversations, by David Lee
- Career Planning: How to Venture into the Gig Economy, by American Management Association
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A Job Reference Checklist for New Grads (and Everyone Else), by Ray Bixler
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Burnout Sabotages Performance -- Here's How to Handle It, by Vicki Salemi
Posted April 24, 2017
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