Re: UK job market


"Tom Lucas" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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"Eric" <ericjohnholland@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The company I work for is in the process of interviewing several
embedded software candidates.

What types of questions could we ask to make sure the interviewee is an
embedded software candidate and not just a high level CS major?

Is the UK currently experiencing a surplus of jobs for engineers? I'm
currently recruiting a contractor/permanent hardware engineer and I've had
several not even bother to turn up for the interview. This would imply
that there are so many jobs available that they are not having to put any
effort into finding them.

Not in my area there isn't. (I freelance in comms)

In the past 6 months, I've had three interview offers:

One that, after 4 weeks to consider my CV, was offered
the day before I went on a week's holiday. By the time
that I came back, they had offered the job to somone
else.

One that I didn't get after, having passed the technical
interviews, the R&D director thought that some of my
previous contracts were too short (make of that what
you like!)

And the third that I am quite sucessfully filling right
now. But TBH, I only got that because the location
isn't one that's particularly popular and the manager had
difficulty filling it. (and I don't really want to stay here
either, but I might have to!)

tim

Or perhaps they just take one look at the rough estate our premises are on
and turn around :-)



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