Re: Preparation for a phone screen interview

["Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

I've found that recruiters and middle managers are the ones who
tend to obsess over tools during the interview/screening
process. 

But when I talk with technical people, they usually "get it" and
don't care what tools I have used in the past, because they
understand how quickly an experienced person can do a job using
a new similar tool. To them, FrameMaker vs. Word, Visio vs.
FlowCharter are trivial discussions rather than dealbreakers. In
fact, they are sometimes annoyed that experienced candidates are
being screened out due to inconsequential buzzwords. 



On the other hand, if you are actul

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