The Integrative Stream

Helpful Interview Hints

Stupid Interviewing Mistakes. Obvious things, which people nevertheless manage to forget.

I’ve certainly interviewed more than one person whose resume turned out, under slight probing, to be little more than an exceedingly thin tissue of lies. I could generally tell from the phone screen, if the resume itself wasn’t a giveaway. I bounced at least one person who was probably qualified for the job at hand, but managed to blow his credibility by trying to make himself look qualified for every other job at hand, too.

The moral, at least for technology job applicants, is to not list experience on your resume if you don’t have it. Sure, an extra buzzword or two might get you an interview, but they won’t get you the job if the person doing the hiring is even half-way competent.