Re: Interviewing Strategies

Subject: Re: Interviewing Strategies
From: Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:12:56 -0500

w w wrote:

Hello Folks,
New to the site... I am a novice tech-writer and am interviewing tomorrow
for a JUNIOR tech writing position with a medical/ pharm administration
company. It is a perm position and the req. didn't mention any of the
advanced utilities, like RoboHelp or Framemaker, so I'm pretty comfortable
with what I expect the environment to be. My question is, does anyone have
any last minute advice for me?...


I would like to add listen, listen, listen to what John said. A common trait I've encountered as a hiring authority is entry level applicants answering questions that were never asked and not answering the one's that were asked. This tells me they weren't listening and if you're going for a TW position, listening is critical to quality documentation.

Al

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