I may soon have a job

[stiltman]

Well that interview totally blew chunks...

They are looking for a:
Citrix guru
Cisco guru
Exchange 2000 guru
SQL 2000 guru
Windows 2003 guru
Linux guru
Enterprise backup guru

All in one person, Yeah RIGHT....Then I asked how many employees they currenty have...6....I thought to myself, no wonder you're looking for a pipe dream employee...Even if they could find someone that is a guru in all that stuff, do you honestly think that person is going to work for such a small company? The president of the company had his kids play pen in the conference room BTW, the conference table was an old dinning table.

[ViRaL1]

Next time find out what they're looking for. Look at what it's going for elsewhere, then work from there as far as where they're willing to compromise. Something tells me they wouldn't want to pay nearly what a person with those credentials is worth.

[Doramius]

I could take care of the Exchange and Windows 2003 (Pretty sure that's the server version because I haven't heard of any others). I could take stab at Cisco, but I'd probably kill it. I stabbed at Linux and killed it for someone previously. That's what you get when you install a program not made for the type of system. Got to used to XP.

[ViRaL1]

2003 is a server only OS, XP is 2002 (or 2004 and 2005 for MCE). What ever happened to simplicity? Does a business REALLY need all of this, or can some of these functions be integrated?

[Doramius]

This is the top of the line fully integrated Windows system on the market at the moment. It's concrete imrovments will definitely place a weighty position in the business place



no need for anything else.

[stiltman]

2003 is a server only OS, XP is 2002 (or 2004 and 2005 for MCE). What ever happened to simplicity? Does a business REALLY need all of this, or can some of these functions be integrated?

They do if they are a 6 person company....actually 4 if you take away the sales manger and the president, who interviewed me. I just started my own consulting biz, so I'de be asking for the samething if I was looking to hire another employee.

When I told them I had some experience with veritas, the sales manger started asking all these questions about size of backup and the size of servers. I told him the company I worked for had a whole department with at least 20 ppl that were in charge of corp backups...My experience was with my 6 servers. and then they did the backup of my storage server. Then he asked questions about my Exchange experience (I 5.5 but they wanted 2000) I told him it was limited to 100 accounts...he started looking, you know that way, like that's it? Then I reiterated that the company I worked for had a whole DATA CENTER devoted for exchange with over 300,000 users and TEAMS that managed them...


I could go on....but soon as I got there and looked around, I knew what they were going to want...and no one I know would work for them based on apperance and size....


Now watch them offer me a job for 25K a year

[Doramius]

$25K ROFLMAO Damn my sides hurt. I got tears from that.

If a company does that, they are truly a

[stiltman]

Here's a super funny one....

I get home from the interview and tell my wife all about it. Know what she says...Did you give them you business card! I'm applying for a job there and she want me to give them my business card that I do the same thing they do

Now if I get turned down for the job...I'll be sure to thanks them via email with my URL in it

[ViRaL1]

2003 is a server only OS, XP is 2002 (or 2004 and 2005 for MCE). What ever happened to simplicity? Does a business REALLY need all of this, or can some of these functions be integrated?

They do if they are a 6 person company....actually 4 if you take away the sales manger and the president, who interviewed me. I just started my own consulting biz, so I'de be asking for the samething if I was looking to hire another employee.

I meant does a company that size truly need to utilize all of those technologies to be successful?

[stiltman]

I meant does a company that size truly need to utilize all of those technologies to be successful?

Yep, pretty much if you want to be outsourced to

[ViRaL1]

I gotcha, I was thinking for their business use. I can see the need for a consulting firm. I'm a bit light on sleep lately and the oxygen valve to my brain has developed a slow leak.

[zzyzzx]

Well that interview totally blew chunks...

They are looking for a:
Citrix guru
Cisco guru
Exchange 2000 guru
SQL 2000 guru
Windows 2003 guru
Linux guru
Enterprise backup guru

All in one person, Yeah RIGHT....Then I asked how many employees they currenty have...6....I thought to myself, no wonder you're looking for a pipe dream employee...Even if they could find someone that is a guru in all that stuff, do you honestly think that person is going to work for such a small company? The president of the company had his kids play pen in the conference room BTW, the conference table was an old dinning table.

The kids playing in the conference room would be enoug of a turn off for me. If they wanted a guru for all these things, couldn't you have lied? I mean I'm sure your capable of figuring it out quickly enough the stuff you don't know so why not if you think you can do it.

[zzyzzx]

Now watch them offer me a job for 25K a year

If I were in that situation and they did that to me I'd probably find another line of work, like the next day. I'd be looking for jobs as a plumber/electrician/HVAC technician/auto mechanic, etc.

[northcat_8]

I go in for the second interview tomorrow.

Bout time you lazy couch patato bum :P

just kidding Gitreel, OT is slow today and this was the last new thread that I hadn't posted in

And the pub is down because MackemX found some catnip and is now rolling around on the floor making a fool out of himself.