I went to a job interview today at Hyland Software and what an experience. I received an email saying “Because of the volume of applicants that we've received, we are hosting an Interview Night on Wednesday, February 27th at our corporate headquarters in Westlake, Ohio. The evening will consist of a corporate company overview followed by a series of individual interviews”. I got there at 4:45. They started the whole process at 5.
It was the head guy talking about the company and what they do for about 20 minutes. Then they gave us a written exam of sorts that took (they said it’ll take 30 minutes) and I completed it in 6 minutes. The final question was list step by step instructions of how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I wrote out the steps from locating a grocery store to purchasing the products all the way to making the sandwich. Then at the end I stated “Due to time and space constraints I left out the process of making the peanut butter, jelly, and bread, and the steps of making the machines that make the machines that make the peanut butter, jelly, and bread not to mention the millions of years of the evolution of the peanut and grain that are involved”.
After that I had my first “interview”. There I had to explain my experience with Quality Assurance and knowledge of computers and involved me using the computer (Windows….ugh….). They I was put back in the “written test room” for about 20 minutes (I was the only one there who brought a books “The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbit” and everyone else was just stairing at the ceiling with boredom…..”Be prepared” as I always say).
Then I was taken into another room with two people from the company that interviewed/interrogated me about QA testing, SQL, and a bunch of other stuff for about 20 minutes (it really felt like an interrogation). After that I was taken into the final room where I dealt with the….”Human Resourses”…bum bah baaaaaa!!!!!
This was another grilling season of two people asking question back and forth and then the head honcho cam in and asked me even more things. Man, I have NEVER ever gone through so many things for one job before. I don’t think I got it but man, what an ordeal.
It was the head guy talking about the company and what they do for about 20 minutes. Then they gave us a written exam of sorts that took (they said it’ll take 30 minutes) and I completed it in 6 minutes. The final question was list step by step instructions of how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I wrote out the steps from locating a grocery store to purchasing the products all the way to making the sandwich. Then at the end I stated “Due to time and space constraints I left out the process of making the peanut butter, jelly, and bread, and the steps of making the machines that make the machines that make the peanut butter, jelly, and bread not to mention the millions of years of the evolution of the peanut and grain that are involved”.
After that I had my first “interview”. There I had to explain my experience with Quality Assurance and knowledge of computers and involved me using the computer (Windows….ugh….). They I was put back in the “written test room” for about 20 minutes (I was the only one there who brought a books “The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbit” and everyone else was just stairing at the ceiling with boredom…..”Be prepared” as I always say).
Then I was taken into another room with two people from the company that interviewed/interrogated me about QA testing, SQL, and a bunch of other stuff for about 20 minutes (it really felt like an interrogation). After that I was taken into the final room where I dealt with the….”Human Resourses”…bum bah baaaaaa!!!!!
This was another grilling season of two people asking question back and forth and then the head honcho cam in and asked me even more things. Man, I have NEVER ever gone through so many things for one job before. I don’t think I got it but man, what an ordeal.
