Why I went with them and not you: feedback to an interviewer

Re:Why I went with them and not you: feedback to an interviewer by dangero on Saturday April 02, 2011 @03:17AM (#2399448)

"That's quite narcissistic and self-absorbed. You're really not that important and to take a letter like this and try to paint it as a "blessing in disguise" is arrogant and foolish."

He bolded a sentence in his email that read "It may seem arbitrary, but the platform an organization uses is indicative to me of a whole lot." BOLDED IT! If that doesn't scream arrogant prick, then I don't know what does. So, yes, not hiring him is a blessing in disguise. I don't want to work with someone who is that arrogant and condescending.

As I said in another reply, I wasn't suggesting that I need a compliment. I was just giving an example of a successful way to respond in order to keep the door open. A compliment won't hurt that, and in reality, it wouldn't hurt to keep the door opened.

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Re:Why I went with them and not you: feedback to an interviewer by marcomonteiro on Saturday April 02, 2011 @03:45AM (#2399483)

I agree it wouldn't hurt to keep the door open but I also don't believe he was being condescending. The platform a company uses is indicative of a whole lot. In this case, that it's a Windows shop. No one said there's anything wrong with that but that's not what he wants.

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Re:Why I went with them and not you: feedback to an interviewer by gaius on Saturday April 02, 2011 @01:49PM (#2400475)

And how would a fresh grad know anything about what organisations are like? He's spent his entire life to date in the artificial environment of school...

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Re:Why I went with them and not you: feedback to an interviewer by skorgu on Saturday April 02, 2011 @11:09AM (#2400044)

Honestly you seem to be focusing a heck of a lot on a <b> tag here.

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