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ZT but it is good for us to discuss what went wrong:+ B: y; @. Q1 u2 u' O% w
My background:
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/ H/ }$ D, I3 p U7 jInterview 1: by manager and technical leader7 n4 l7 d: S7 O: W6 [/ g/ n
-Many technical questions. I gave answers ok.( r6 V1 ?$ ?2 j7 L6 P
-Other questions:
$ r" R2 G' f2 W$ `& `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).4 Z% I" N! i$ ]$ T1 O2 p
- c6 f+ h8 [) OFinally, 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.
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Interview 2: by manager, team lead and HR
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, \, b9 }+ Y: V5 ?, Z" ~) [The manager and team lead gave me technical phone interviews. After the interview, the manager told me HR would contact me.
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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.( j3 i t4 d) ^& Q
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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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, K0 I* _1 ?2 m6 p9 [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 - $20).
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4 |9 W( }5 g# y+ ?8 j5 gHR asked why I immigrated to Canada not USA. I thought it was a trick question. So I gave him my answer: I did not know how to immegrate to USA. As USA has many good company like your company. If I knew (had known)how to immegrate to USA, I would do it (have done so) instead of canada.
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One hour later, I got a reject email!
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PS: There were many language errors in the original posting. I corrected directly for the most part but the conversational part was corrected in ().By the way, I don't think he failed the interviews because of his language problem.& n$ F9 d. u1 G, q( D
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[ 本帖最后由 OliveOil 于 2008-1-9 12:23 编辑 ] |
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