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Subject:Re: position process From:Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 5 Nov 2003 05:22:35 -0800 (PST)
> I had applied for a position not too long ago and
> got a phone call this
> week. The HR peson tells me the process is they have
> a phone interview first
> and then if it has good results, only then do you
> get an interview in
> person. Anybody heard of that before?
Sounds like standard operating procedure to me.
Phone interviewing is a very effective means of
narrowing down the candidate pool. You save time on
both the candidate and the interviewer's side (no
travel, no formality, etc.).
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