Interviewage
Posted: Mon 22 May, 2006 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: Travel, Work-related |3 Comments »Well, the interview seems to have gone pretty well. The company it’s for is definitely huge ( and in the foyer of the office they have a column of blue water with bubbles going through it – readers in the UK can probably figure out the company from that clue…) which would be interesting, as I’ve never really worked for a giant corp before.
There’s a couple of bits where my technical knowledge let me down though – really, JSP (Java Server Pages) are only used by giant companies, so little old me, who works mainly at the smaller end of the market, has no hope of knowing them. Whether or not that’ll be the deal-breaker is a decision for the company, and there’s nowt I can do about it. Yeah sure, I can learn them damn quick, but if they want someone who already knows them, then I’m stuffed. Ah well.
But that really is the only stumbling block – all the rest seemed to go OK. I’ve been upfront about my lack of experience in working for big companies (and with about 6,000 employees, it sure as shit qualifies on that score) and was right back to my initial application, so they knew about it before asking me to the interview.
And if that comes down to being the thing that stops me getting the job, well, it says more about the company than it does about me…
We’ll see, anyway.
OHH TOO obvious.
Big companies don’t interview people without good reason. So I’d say your lack of experience isn’t an issue. If you have the skillset and potential then they’ll hire you. (from days at Sage and Dr. Solomons, we never worried about hiring someone without direct knowledge of a technology, as long as they demonstrated an ability learn).
Yep, Gordon, that’s the ones. Nicely done.
And I agree, they wouldn’t waste their time with the interview if that was a real sticking point. But it’s the only one they mentioned in the interview. So *shrug* who knows?
Ooooh. I know someone who works there. He’s a good bloke. Sounds like it might be for something similar to what he does.
Fingers crossed for you 🙂
P.S. The mention of Slough was enough, I didn’t need the bubbles to guess 🙂