What Are You Doing Right Now
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So I have an in person interview on Friday with the DoD contractor. I'm going to be there for two and a half hours. At 12 I'm having lunch with the team, then at 1 it's an overview of what the team does, and at 1:30 is a panel interview.
I've never had an interview where they gave me lunch.
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@johnhooks said:
I've never had an interview where they gave me lunch.
Been a long time since I had one when they didn't. I've had them where we go to a restaurant. Some where a catering crew come in for it. Some they eat in the offices. All kinds of things.
Facebook: Eat on campus to show the campus stuff
Amazon: Walk to a restaurant in the neighbourhood
Change: Pizza at a house
BW: Catered lunch from a personal chefSome that I remember. I know one in Cleveland the whole team went to a lunch at a restaurant and did something like pizza. Nothing fancy but a good chance for everyone to talk.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
I've never had an interview where they gave me lunch.
Been a long time since I had one when they didn't. I've had them where we go to a restaurant. Some where a catering crew come in for it. Some they eat in the offices. All kinds of things.
Facebook: Eat on campus to show the campus stuff
Amazon: Walk to a restaurant in the neighbourhood
Change: Pizza at a house
BW: Catered lunch from a personal chefSome that I remember. I know one in Cleveland the whole team went to a lunch at a restaurant and did something like pizza. Nothing fancy but a good chance for everyone to talk.
I guess I just haven't had enough positions like this to see it yet. It's for a Senior Systems Engineer.
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I actually dislike it. It wastes time and is nerve-wracking. Are they judging how you eat? What you order? Will they hire me BECAUSE I'm a vegetarian or not hire me because they don't want to put up with one?
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@scottalanmiller said:
I actually dislike it. It wastes time and is nerve-wracking. Are they judging how you eat? What you order? Will they hire me BECAUSE I'm a vegetarian or not hire me because they don't want to put up with one?
Yeah - I've always wondered the same - assuming it's not something like pizza, will they judge you based on the price of what you order, etc, etc.
Though once you move past the ordering crap - I think food in general puts people more at ease.
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@Dashrender said:
Though once you move past the ordering crap - I think food in general puts people more at ease.
Until you worry about getting food onto a suit or whatever. Although most places that I interview are like "remember to wear shorts and flip flops!"
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@johnhooks said:
So I have an in person interview on Friday with the DoD contractor. I'm going to be there for two and a half hours. At 12 I'm having lunch with the team, then at 1 it's an overview of what the team does, and at 1:30 is a panel interview.
I've never had an interview where they gave me lunch.
I had one here. If they are taking you to lunch, it's a good chance to get to know everybody, and just see how they get along, and they'll see how you get along with them. I keep the interview-ish type questions for the firing squa--I mean panel interview later, unless somebody just brings up some general stuff.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
Though once you move past the ordering crap - I think food in general puts people more at ease.
Until you worry about getting food onto a suit or whatever. Although most places that I interview are like "remember to wear shorts and flip flops!"
Ha they mentioned "professional attire" so I think I'll be in a suit.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
I've never had an interview where they gave me lunch.
Been a long time since I had one when they didn't. I've had them where we go to a restaurant. Some where a catering crew come in for it. Some they eat in the offices. All kinds of things.
Facebook: Eat on campus to show the campus stuff
Amazon: Walk to a restaurant in the neighbourhood
Change: Pizza at a house
BW: Catered lunch from a personal chefSome that I remember. I know one in Cleveland the whole team went to a lunch at a restaurant and did something like pizza. Nothing fancy but a good chance for everyone to talk.
SAM casually name dropping.....
OT: Just sorted 3 different printer tickets - one person's PC had changed the port from the IP to WSD...so switched it back and thats sorted...one department have just got a new Printer, so installed that (they replaced a network one with the "new model"...that DOESN'T have a network port, so I installed via USB cable and shared over the network...) and one just being a printer...
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@NattNatt said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
I've never had an interview where they gave me lunch.
Been a long time since I had one when they didn't. I've had them where we go to a restaurant. Some where a catering crew come in for it. Some they eat in the offices. All kinds of things.
Facebook: Eat on campus to show the campus stuff
Amazon: Walk to a restaurant in the neighbourhood
Change: Pizza at a house
BW: Catered lunch from a personal chefSome that I remember. I know one in Cleveland the whole team went to a lunch at a restaurant and did something like pizza. Nothing fancy but a good chance for everyone to talk.
SAM casually name dropping.....
OT: Just sorted 3 different printer tickets - one person's PC had changed the port from the IP to WSD...so switched it back and thats sorted...one department have just got a new Printer, so installed that (they replaced a network one with the "new model"...that DOESN'T have a network port, so I installed via USB cable and shared over the network...) and one just being a printer...
Print server? if not avoid at all costs
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@wirestyle22 said:
@NattNatt said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
I've never had an interview where they gave me lunch.
Been a long time since I had one when they didn't. I've had them where we go to a restaurant. Some where a catering crew come in for it. Some they eat in the offices. All kinds of things.
Facebook: Eat on campus to show the campus stuff
Amazon: Walk to a restaurant in the neighbourhood
Change: Pizza at a house
BW: Catered lunch from a personal chefSome that I remember. I know one in Cleveland the whole team went to a lunch at a restaurant and did something like pizza. Nothing fancy but a good chance for everyone to talk.
SAM casually name dropping.....
OT: Just sorted 3 different printer tickets - one person's PC had changed the port from the IP to WSD...so switched it back and thats sorted...one department have just got a new Printer, so installed that (they replaced a network one with the "new model"...that DOESN'T have a network port, so I installed via USB cable and shared over the network...) and one just being a printer...
Print server? if not avoid at all costs
What..? We have a print server yes, but I don't get the question here...
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@NattNatt said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@NattNatt said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
I've never had an interview where they gave me lunch.
Been a long time since I had one when they didn't. I've had them where we go to a restaurant. Some where a catering crew come in for it. Some they eat in the offices. All kinds of things.
Facebook: Eat on campus to show the campus stuff
Amazon: Walk to a restaurant in the neighbourhood
Change: Pizza at a house
BW: Catered lunch from a personal chefSome that I remember. I know one in Cleveland the whole team went to a lunch at a restaurant and did something like pizza. Nothing fancy but a good chance for everyone to talk.
SAM casually name dropping.....
OT: Just sorted 3 different printer tickets - one person's PC had changed the port from the IP to WSD...so switched it back and thats sorted...one department have just got a new Printer, so installed that (they replaced a network one with the "new model"...that DOESN'T have a network port, so I installed via USB cable and shared over the network...) and one just being a printer...
Print server? if not avoid at all costs
What..? We have a print server yes, but I don't get the question here.
Never mind. I misread it. Misfiring neurons
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Reinstalled Linux on my Chromebook. Switched to Gnome 3, XFCE was bothering me.
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@johnhooks How does CentOS perform on a Chromebook? Or do you have Ubuntu installed?
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@alex.olynyk said:
@johnhooks How does CentOS perform on a Chromebook? Or do you have Ubuntu installed?
I just have Ubuntu installed. I used Crouton which makes a chroot. They don't have support for any rpm distros that I could find. This way I can switch between ChromeOS and Linux.
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@johnhooks Thanks
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Luciana has a fever of 102 now
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@scottalanmiller Crappy. I hate it when my kids are sick
Tylenol to the rescue! -
I just did an in place upgrade from 8.1 to 10 on my main desktop.
Flawless so far, everything works.
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Just ordered my first Eaton UPS!
