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BigV · 02-21-2006, 12:20 AM

Thanks to popular demand...

The Amazon.com phone interview went ok. I did not get the job. They were very nice, and efficient, and actually did have some follow up with me (one of the candidates not selected). That alone sets them apart by a few notches.

I fumbled one of the questions, and on another, the shallowness of my linux experience prevented me from embarassing myself on a whole list of other questions. Turns out there are only eight (!) Windows Support people in the whole group, and the rest are linux oriented. Just don't have the chops to run with that crowd.

So, I have recently applied to several other organizations. Here's a subset of them:

Boeing
Nintendo
Real Networks
Alaska Airlines
Comsys

The list of possibilities of a search I set up at NWjobs.com produced over 900 hits, and I read through them all. I culled all but about 200 and I'm slogging through those now.

02-21-2006, 12:20 AM	#43
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Thanks to popular demand... The Amazon.com phone interview went ok. I did not get the job. They were very nice, and efficient, and actually did have some follow up with me (one of the candidates not selected). That alone sets them apart by a few notches. I fumbled one of the questions, and on another, the shallowness of my linux experience prevented me from embarassing myself on a whole list of other questions. Turns out there are only eight (!) Windows Support people in the whole group, and the rest are linux oriented. Just don't have the chops to run with that crowd. So, I have recently applied to several other organizations. Here's a subset of them: Boeing Nintendo Real Networks Alaska Airlines Comsys The list of possibilities of a search I set up at NWjobs.com produced over 900 hits, and I read through them all. I culled all but about 200 and I'm slogging through those now. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.