cogged
i felt pretty good about my application.
made this connection, he talked me up to the head of the department i would work in. rewrote my resume. crafted a cover letter. rerewrote recrafted. rererewrote. uncrafted.
sent it in.
two minutes later, the HR rep sends a blanket email instructing me to apply via their online form.
i do so.
but somehow stuffing all my carefully crafted details into the robot's mouth didn't feel as good. now, i'm not an individual. i'm robot food.
munch munch munch. compute compute. does my column A quotient render a factor Z mean average equal to or greater than hypothetical applicant X? munch munch munch. p'tooey.
is this really the best way to screen prospective employees? as spreadsheet data?
i think not.
relevant article about google interviewing:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/technology/03google.html
e.g. "Have you ever made a profit from a catering business or dog walking? Do you prefer to work alone or in groups? Have you ever set a world record in anything?"
god. i wish it was that interesting. more like, "did you work in industry X for X years?", choose from the drop down list.
they didn't have writing as an option. i was applying for a job in publishing.