How not to get a job

Garp · 30-07-2008, 10:22

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=863049

Superb thread..

I bet the boss was dumbfounded to find the questions posted there like that!

petemc · 30-07-2008, 10:43

Thats what you call pwnd.

Zirax · 30-07-2008, 12:00

Very good. I found it more amusing afterwards when they started argueing over layered switches and hubs.

Roberta · 30-07-2008, 12:05

ptinsley - 'Thanked 73 Times in 1 Post'

Ahahahahaha!

Wryel · 30-07-2008, 13:20

Haha! I also now feel completely non-geek sitting in an IT workshop in the basement!

semi-pro waster · 30-07-2008, 22:39

It's funny but at the same time I don't think the interviewer was entirely in the right either, as was pointed out he did specify any means at the employees disposal so although most of us who didn't know all the answers (me - I've never used Linux or needed to) would simply Google for some of the answers this could potentially have been a quicker way to achieve the results.

Garp · 30-07-2008, 23:13

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Originally Posted by semi-pro waster

It's funny but at the same time I don't think the interviewer was entirely in the right either, as was pointed out he did specify any means at the employees disposal so although most of us who didn't know all the answers (me - I've never used Linux or needed to) would simply Google for some of the answers this could potentially have been a quicker way to achieve the results.

Whilst there is at least a small amount of blame for the interviewer, just copying and pasting the questions wholesale is atrocious. You'd expect at least to have seen some attempt to answer them, or maybe dot them around in a few places to get the answers rather than just in a single page. Not only that but for him to clearly state why he was posting the questions smacks of naivety at best, if not utter stupidity. Did they really expect folks would help?

semi-pro waster · 31-07-2008, 07:27

Sorry, perhaps I wasn't particularly clear, I think that whoever posted the questions is a div of the highest order and as was mentioned it goes against the spirit of the exercise. I wouldn't attempt to disagree with that and I don't think they deserve that job (or any other where a modicum of research is required) but when you say dot them around, it sounds a bit like you'd be happier with a slightly more sophisticated method of 'cheating'.

Garp · 31-07-2008, 08:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by semi-pro waster

Sorry, perhaps I wasn't particularly clear, I think that whoever posted the questions is a div of the highest order and as was mentioned it goes against the spirit of the exercise. I wouldn't attempt to disagree with that and I don't think they deserve that job (or any other where a modicum of research is required) but when you say dot them around, it sounds a bit like you'd be happier with a slightly more sophisticated method of 'cheating'.

I wouldn't be happier with it as such, I'd just think the guy that was posting the questions was less of an idiot

30-07-2008, 10:22	#1
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	How not to get a job http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=863049 Superb thread.. I bet the boss was dumbfounded to find the questions posted there like that! __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

30-07-2008, 10:43	#2
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	Thats what you call pwnd. __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!

30-07-2008, 12:05	#4
Roberta Pole Model Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,986	ptinsley - 'Thanked 73 Times in 1 Post' Ahahahahaha! __________________ I fell out of favour with Heaven somewhere, and I'm here for the hell of it now...

30-07-2008, 22:39	#6
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	It's funny but at the same time I don't think the interviewer was entirely in the right either, as was pointed out he did specify any means at the employees disposal so although most of us who didn't know all the answers (me - I've never used Linux or needed to) would simply Google for some of the answers this could potentially have been a quicker way to achieve the results. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

31-07-2008, 07:27	#8
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	Sorry, perhaps I wasn't particularly clear, I think that whoever posted the questions is a div of the highest order and as was mentioned it goes against the spirit of the exercise. I wouldn't attempt to disagree with that and I don't think they deserve that job (or any other where a modicum of research is required) but when you say dot them around, it sounds a bit like you'd be happier with a slightly more sophisticated method of 'cheating'. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

30-07-2008, 12:00	#3
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Very good. I found it more amusing afterwards when they started argueing over layered switches and hubs.

30-07-2008, 13:20	#5
Wryel Absinthe Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,148	Haha! I also now feel completely non-geek sitting in an IT workshop in the basement!