Tattoos

[Daren]

The interviewer is paid to make judgments based on that interview and owes the interviewee nothing. The interviewee has one shot at communicating what is going on in his or her head and what value they bring to the company.

Get that engineering degree and your interview process will change a great deal. The last interview process I entered into involved was on the order of 8 hours.

Getting back to your original post, you said that you’re exploring what doors will open with more education? Many
Then you essentially asked what doors will close if you get tattoos on your arm and hands? A few
If you go into an interview and give any hint that you have a chip on your shoulder of any sort, but particulary about unfair characterization/stereotypes/profiling, how many doors will close? Nearly all



I'm not saying you have a chip on your shoulder, because as you said, I don't know you outside of this thread, but you using a lot of lauguage and buzz words that screem, the world doesn't like who I want to be and that's not fair, so I really hope this is a case of internet communication breakdown.

The engineering field holds interviews on the order of 8 hours? *gulp* I'm a mechanical engineering major. Scary. But hey I went with engineering as major for a reason.

[Twentyover]

Daren-

My last employer flew me out from CA to Detroit, rented me a car, and put me up in a hotel 2 nights for the interview. You can bet the interview lasted more than 20 minutes. The employer before that flew me from Oregon to CA early on a Saturday morning and I spent the next 4 hours talking to the guys I'd report to. They also asked peers to come in for a little face time.

I'm no hot dog management type, just an old fart engineer who chose a technical career path rather than management.

Remember that interviews aren't advesarial- if you bagged the interview, you pretty much have already demonstrated technical capabilities. The question is how do you fit in the existing or proposed team. Chemistry is pretty significant, attitude moreso.

[Daren]

Daren-

My last employer flew me out from CA to Detroit, rented me a car, and put me up in a hotel 2 nights for the interview. You can bet the interview lasted more than 20 minutes. The employer before that flew me from Oregon to CA early on a Saturday morning and I spent the next 4 hours talking to the guys I'd report to. They also asked peers to come in for a little face time.

I'm no hot dog management type, just an old fart engineer who chose a technical career path rather than management.

Remember that interviews aren't advesarial- if you bagged the interview, you pretty much have already demonstrated technical capabilities. The question is how do you fit in the existing or proposed team. Chemistry is pretty significant, attitude moreso.

Thank you sir. How the heck did you ever survive engineering school? You older guys have nothing but my admiration!!! When the time comes I'll throw my self out on the job market and roll with the punches.

[Twentyover]

Thank you sir. How the heck did you ever survive engineering school? You older guys have nothing but my admiration!!! When the time comes I'll throw my self out on the job market and roll with the punches.

The awesome power of the Texas Instruments SR-50 hand held calculator.

Previous posters have pointed out- do your research on the potential employer- know what they do, where they're headed, how they judge success- you know, the stuff that all the books tell you to do.

[SLO_Z28]

Previous posters have pointed out- do your research on the potential employer- know what they do, where they're headed, how they judge success- you know, the stuff that all the books tell you to do.

^This.

Sometimes simple appearance changes can make a big difference. I currently work for a law enforcement agency where they have very strict grooming and appearance standards, before I interviewed I shaved my beard off because I knew it was at odds with the agency's culture. You also want to dress one step above the job you're interviewing for, in my case it was a automotive technician position so I wore a nice dress shirt and a nice tie, if I were interviewing for a officer position I would wear a tailored suit and tie. Granted there are officers with full "sleeves" but its generally not accepted in that culture, and I can remember on several occasions the previous commander would go out of his way to give the officer crap about it. I know that would have been an uphill battle for him to get hired. Wearing long sleeve shirts in the summer heat would be motivation enough for me to not want to

My dad always had a good way of putting it "If you want to make a million bucks you have to look like a million bucks".