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ZT but it is good for us to discuss what went wrong:3 l+ O- ~8 G) _3 E5 V- W
My background: / F; S& h, G7 i3 F" q5 z
BS of Computer engineer. Some embedded software (firmware, BSP etc) experiences.8 years change 6 companies. last 2 years as contractor., |/ p6 s4 H& a/ i
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Interview 1: by manager and technical leader
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-Other questions:8 b* H- `1 O* J' e7 u6 B0 r& q5 u
Manager 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).; f" s& `: {5 b* s$ _/ Y
# k+ |- I4 w5 X- g; c' VFinally, 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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After the interview, I did not get any feedback.8 I; N& E# N" n( I# ~6 ?+ V& Z7 j
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) X# b5 z+ l9 h3 b( o( R* r/ ]Interview 2: by manager, team lead and HR
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The manager and team lead gave me technical phone interviews. After the interview, the manager told me HR would contact me.8 d% \' @8 b, {: {& r `3 L' J
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One 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.# n4 u5 T+ B* U1 ~% w/ R
/ r1 h" e( a2 r# V5 @4 P, \HR 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 - $20).
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* g# L/ j2 Z% t2 |& e. {HR asked why I immigrated to Canada not USA. I thought it was a trick question. So I gave him my answer: I did not know how to immegrate to USA. As USA has many good company like your company. If I knew (had known)how to immegrate to USA, I would do it (have done so) instead of canada.
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! e: b' S( s8 _7 r) lOne hour later, I got a reject email!
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What wemt wrong?# T0 t$ Q& i3 `1 L n" D. a; o
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.6 K' L# i' q! K
/ K, ?3 G# L+ a3 Y0 m5 i[ 本帖最后由 OliveOil 于 2008-1-9 12:23 编辑 ] |
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