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I think the same.
It was after so many years that I went for the interview and I was back to basics. Even simple things appeared so tough (now that I think about it I feel so silly). I could have done better - definitely! But as someone said "second chances" are rare.
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Or that the interviewers are really bored.
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or, that it's really serious about itself.
i've had a few of those 3-hour epic beatdowns. mine have all been in companies which clearly think very highly of themselves and of their people; they want to make sure they've absolutely scoured the candidates in every way they can think of, with every tool at their disposal, because they don't want to take a chance on getting someone who isn't absolutely perfect for their company. which is totally their prerogative, of course. but it sometimes seems that those companies that take themselves and what they do a wee bit too seriously.
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Three hours isn't unusual unless it's for a junior position, I've had all day interviews before.
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I don't get the concept of preparing for an interview. I know what i know, i need to learn what I don't yet know, and no last Knute prep will change that or improve how I honestly present myself for a job.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Translation:
I'm too old and too freaking tired to study up to satisfy some H.R. weenie and some bean counting engineering manager who last designed something when slide rules were in vogue. Let's talk about what I know, what you need done, where the two intersect, and whether or not you have the stones money to hire me.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Bingo.
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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Learning about the organization and gaining any intel on who you'll be interviewing with is, however, pretty darn handy ...
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That's a prerequisite for any interview.
Studying material related to job skills, however, is a waste of time. You can't possibly learn it well enough to impress someone who works with it every day. In fact, it's probably better to flat out tell them "I don't know XYZ", rather than try and fake your way through it with a three day cram session before the interview.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I make sure I understand the company and their products, the job profile etc..
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Agreed. I just prepare for the latest acronyms. "SLA" - Service Level Agreement or Site License Agreement. 
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I had one of those about three years back. When I came back from the interview, my pubes had grown one inch.
It is still much better for the company and the potential employee:
[0] The company does not hire a bad employee. (Less waste of time and money)
[1] The employee can be sure he won't be fired very quickly.*
*Our company hires anyone that comes through the door and then fires them a month later. Sodding management doesn't understand they are not only wasting money but also wasting the career of people who were already earning. Now those poor ex-employees have to find somewhere else to go.
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A three hour interview implies either that they have a genuine interest in hiring you, or that their other choice was a mandatory budget meeting in the same time slot. I'd assume the former until proven otherwise... You must have impressed them in some degree. Good work, and good luck! 
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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Some messy newspaper headlines
Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing
Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers
Grandmother of eight makes hole in one
House passes gas tax onto senate
Quarter of a million Chinese live on water
Stiff opposition expected to casketless funeral plan
Two convicts evade noose, jury hung
Safety experts say school bus passengers should be belted
Milk drinkers are turning to powder
NJ judge to rule on nude beach
Farmer bill dies in house
Iraqi head seeks arms
Panda mating fails - veterinarian takes over
Organ festival ends in smashing climax
Child''s stool great for use in garden
Soviet virgin lands short of goal again
Eye drops off shelf
Squad helps dog bite victim
Dealers will hear car talk at noon
Enraged cow injures farmer with ax
Lawmen from Mexico barbecue guests
Miners refuse to work after death
Two Korean ships collide - one dies
Two sisters reunite after eighteen years at checkout counter
My signature "sucks" today
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Famous headline in local newspaper about the elderly being encouraged to take up gardening...
"Tend that grass to save those joints"
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Wow, you are pretty consistent! (Look at the link I posted just below)
Cheers,
Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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Blimey, over a year ago too, sorry, repost!
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Abhinav S wrote: When newspaper headlines go bad =>
the Lounge is here to make ammends!
Just an irritated, ranting son of ... an IT guy.
At your trolling services
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One or two real ones that I came across on CP:
"Police find corpses in graveyard" - You'd tend to think, "What else would they find in a graveyard?" but it turns out somebody was murdered and their bodies left in the graveyard.
Offline Google Calendar goes live[^]
Cheers,
Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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Quite a collection. Some of them might be made up for a laugh.
TOMZ_KV
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Lucky Mark!
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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And one on today's msn.com home page:
Britain bans doctor who linked autism to vaccine
which I initially read as:
Britain bans Doctor Who linked autism to vaccine
Steve
_________________
I C(++) therefore I am
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Maybe apocryphal - perhaps a pom could check:
Giant Waves down Queen Mary's Funnel
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
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See Here[^]
Only scored 30 points too.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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