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How does a non team player answer questions about team playing [closed]
I am asking a question for my friend; he is searching for a position in the corporate world.
Let's call him "Joe". This Joe guy does not think working in a team necessarily means the best product ...
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3answers
122 views
How to handle interviews for a requirement, on which I don't have hands-on experience but have learnt and interested to work upon? [closed]
I am attending an interview with a requirement on some technology which I haven't worked upon but I have read and learnt this technology. I am interested to work on this technology. How would I put ...
4
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5answers
326 views
When interviewing, is it prudent to tell the hiring manager that you're a parent and your spouse works full-time?
These days, many households include two parents who both work full-time.
These parents face many challenges while balancing work and child-care responsibilities.
But this situation also presents a ...
2
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2answers
186 views
What does senior director mean?
In a sector, e.g. academia, an office in an organization has a director and a similar office in another organization has a senior director. In general, an office has a boss, which can be called by ...
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1answer
115 views
How will my employability be affected by my academic performance in a Graduate Degree programme [closed]
I consistently secured above 75% throughout my career, which includes impressive school grades, decent undergraduate grades, and an award for "Best Academic Performance" in final-year undergraduate.
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3
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1answer
340 views
Should I care about the coworker next to me while he dozes off and our boss doesn't care?
Actually he falls asleep very frequently almost everyday and our boss have never concerned or been mad about him. There was only one time that he snored quite loud and our boss patted him so he woke ...
0
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2answers
296 views
Boss never talks with me [closed]
My boss talks all the project related things to my colleague. He ignores me. What should I do in this case? He asks only project updates and what am I doing.
Actually, the colleague is not my senior, ...
7
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5answers
401 views
How to deal with a colleague who mocks me?
A member of the team I work with is guy, who considers himself "super-smart". The guy makes snide remarks to me for no specific reason. I have not previously had such problems with others, so I can't ...
7
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3answers
200 views
Workplace effects of working “almost full time”?
I have sometimes considered trying to move from full-time to 80%-time (one day a week off). I don't mean changing jobs, becoming a contractor, or doing a 4/10 schedule; I mean negotiating this change ...
2
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0answers
94 views
salary expectations and career path [closed]
I've been in a database analyst/programmer position for a little over a year. While I've been doing programming for over a decade (mostly freelance) and have corporate experience, I want to leave this ...
13
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1answer
346 views
How to handle awkward relationship romance in a team?
My team has an awkward situation. Two of the team have been caught in various stages of undress in the stairwell and they disappear regularly. Job performance has taken a hit and both parties have ...
8
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1answer
316 views
Can you negotiate salary on a promotion?
A friend of mine recently applied for a position in a different team, this is a senior position and he was informed that he is the chosen candidate and HR will present the final offer (with the new ...
3
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1answer
159 views
Is it my responsibility to look for work? [duplicate]
I have a job where I was hired, given a nice salary, and stuck in a corner. I haven't been given anything to do in over a week. I'm free to just listen to music and do what I like in my office all ...
6
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2answers
157 views
Major differences between direct hire and contract to hire?
I have been getting a lot of recruiters calling me since I went on the job market and many of them have been pointing me towards contract to hire positions. Each recruiter assures me that if I get ...
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4answers
505 views
What are the benefits of having a prospective employee spend the entire day in an interview?
It seems to me that in most positions you should be able to get a decent feel for the technical abilities of a person based on the first hour or so of an interview, along with their resume, reference, ...
7
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6answers
459 views
Is it reasonable to turn down an onsite interview due to length?
I recognize that its standard practice for tech companies to bring candidates onsite and put them through many coding challenges as part of the interview process. Its well known that when ...
0
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0answers
53 views
How to handle existing work and poor management? [closed]
I'm in a situation where I'm one of the in house developers for a company that works in the engineering industry. The director of IT is an older guy - he seems to be nice, however, it seems that he ...
2
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1answer
217 views
What are my responsibilities with regards to reporting suspected Fraud?
I work in a school in the UK. I work as part of a 3 man in house I.T. team employed directly by the school. There is my boss me and another tech. We are all contracted to work 37 hours and overtime ...
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2answers
132 views
How to secure a counter offer from my current employer [duplicate]
I have worked for a small family run business for the past 3 years, I am paid approximately £10,000 below market rate and until now I have accepted that because I liked the culture and the flexibility ...
6
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5answers
807 views
“You're overqualified” - What does that really mean?
I recently had a phone interview for a subcontracting job at a small programming consulting firm. The interview was very short, and at the end, the interviewer told me that based on my resume, he ...
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1answer
104 views
What is a “summer stage”? [closed]
I applied for an internship (in Computer Science) but got turned down because other applicants have more published papers and awards. However, I was told look at a "summer stage". The person ...
6
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2answers
202 views
How can I negotiate a bonus in to a base salary raise?
I have only worked at one company and this is my 7th year. Each year I received a 1.5% raise (to keep up with inflation). Recently I looked around and discovered how underpaid I am compared to the ...
0
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1answer
236 views
What is the best way to ask for a higher salary at a new job when the interviewer already knows what I make?
I am planning to move to another company. Recently I have interviewed with a company and at the end of the day of my interview, I accidentally disclosed my current base salary to the VP of the ...
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2answers
161 views
Peer tasks me, then complains about push-back. Strategies? [duplicate]
Similar to this question, I have a colleague who gives me tasks/projects on a semi-regular basis. They are usually tasks someone has asked him to do, but he doesn't have the technical expertise to ...
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2answers
148 views
How can I get out of meetings? [duplicate]
We have a LOT of meetings at my job.
Individual departments have meetings. Then, people from every department have cross-department meetings to make sure everyone is on the same page. Somehow ...
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1answer
155 views
Are Employers more likely to hire someone with “developer bootcamp” experience vs. Self-Learning? [closed]
Can attending developer bootcamps such as DevCamps, AppAcademy, be considered enough real-world experience for employment? How useful is attending these types of schools as preparation for employment?
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1answer
137 views
Am I required to join a company if I have signed a written job offer from them? [closed]
I am serving my notice period with my current employer as I received a job offer from a very good consulting firm some weeks back. The firm asked me to send them a signed copy of the offer letter as ...
15
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7answers
956 views
What information/guarantees should I get from a company in financial difficulty?
My current employer has been running in to financial difficulties and has fallen behind on salary for a month at times. We were not given a lot of information on what the cause of the financial ...
4
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3answers
474 views
Did I Make a mistake by sharing my salary to my future employer?
I am planning to leave my current job and therefore I have interviewed with a company a couple of days back. At the end of the day of my interview, during a discussion with the HR of the company, I ...
10
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5answers
889 views
How much time should a consultant bill for waking up at 3:00 am and doing 5 or 10 minutes of work?
Recently, I've been doing a lot of production support that requires off-hour work. Recently, I've been asked a couple of times to get up at 3:00 am and check the status of our data, which only takes 5 ...
2
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2answers
186 views
What exceptions are there to the 'don't give a salary number first'? [duplicate]
After reading many blogs and SE questions about giving salary information there seems to be a general rule about not volunteering a salary figure before the company has given their offer.
When I ...
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6answers
206 views
When does 'college attended' matter less?
I went to a relatively small college for undergrad. I graduated magna cum laude there and was one of the top students in my program.
The problem is that while the school is pretty well known in the ...
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1answer
111 views
CV: should I make my email a hyperlink? [closed]
I am composing a CV. This question is about the email address field.
Should I make my email address a hyperlink, pointing at mailto:my@email.address?
Note: My CV is to be in PDF format.
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1answer
144 views
after interview questions
I've been to an interview after which I missed to ask questions about the work environment, how are the colleagues, if there is sun inside the office(this is a bit funny, but at my current job there ...
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1answer
69 views
how to approach my boss about a pay rise [duplicate]
I have been with the company that I work for roughly 6 months now, during my interview they asked me roughly how much I think I should be paid and they have matched that though they know that I ...
21
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7answers
962 views
Is there an effective personal strategy or methodology to stop bringing work issues home?
In my work environment I interact on a daily basis with people who are not as technically strong as they should be. Who do not have the necessary managerial and administrative skills to run teams or ...
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4answers
354 views
How important it is to have a profile on LinkedIn?
Many of my friends have a LinkedIn profile and they claim that it is quite useful for making industry connections, but I am not sure how these industry connections work. Will they be able to replace ...
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2answers
160 views
Out of Scope Supervisory Duties
I started my job a while ago like what I do. During my interview I was told I was going to help other people who do indirect work for our department. Recently my boss told me I am to be aware of ...
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1answer
256 views
Should I confront a colleague who uses another co-worker to air grievances with me? [closed]
Recently, I had a few disagreements with two of my peers, regarding various work issues. The two are quite close and obviously discuss things privately. One is male, one female.
Last week, I had a ...
4
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5answers
729 views
Dealing with co-workers intentionally working slower to milk their work hours?
My job has been in a sort of stale area for a week or two where there just isn't anything to do while we wait for the next big event to start up. Management has been keeping us busy with remedial ...
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1answer
80 views
When should I state that I can do only part-time when applying for a full-time position? [closed]
My background
I am doing a degree in Computer Science (just about to finish Year 2 [penultimate year]) in one of top universities in the country. I have 14 months of experience of working as a ...
2
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4answers
496 views
How to not let co-worker's incompetence affect my productivity
How can I not let a co-worker's incompetence and sloppy work ethic affect how I treat him? He's a generally very nice guy who can't seem to adequately learn our business nor our product to be ...
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4answers
204 views
How can I overcome a lack of confidence to succeed in changing jobs to obtain more pay?
I am working with a PLM based product. Everything is fine, but I feel that the technology stack is too limited. I want to work with Java based technologies like Spring, Hibernate etc.. and learn how ...
2
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2answers
188 views
What should I tell to my new company HR about my decision of leaving my previous job?
Although my progress at my current company is good, due to some personal issues with my manager, I am planning to move to another company. I am feeling uncomfortable working with him. However, I am ...
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2answers
132 views
I have been fired or not renewed my contract, how to get over that? [closed]
According to that post, How can I improve communication with my superiors?
My contract is not renewed as I was feeling, however I have been cheated by their words.
They told me three weeks ago before ...
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3answers
128 views
How to Get an Internship, or Something like One, Long After College
Some particulars, to be followed by a generalized, yet specific question:
I got my BA (in English) 6 years ago. I had been an occasional programming dabbler since 1995-ish (html/css/javascript, ...
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2answers
139 views
Can I negotiate for tuition reimbursement?
I just received a formal offer and everything is satisfactory except the tuition reimbursement. I'm planning to get a masters while working. This is a 2 year program with a 50k tuition. Currently, my ...
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3answers
393 views
Protocol for interviewing own replacement
I've been with my current company for slightly over a year. I've never been reprimanded, written up, or heard any displeasure with my work. Yet a couple weeks ago, I started hearing rumors of my being ...
4
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1answer
244 views
How to decline an offer professionally and politely which is accepted once?
I am working for Indian outsourcing organization for 5 years. I got frustrated with the recent situations faced with the management and also not happy with the assignments that I got. Hence decided to ...
1
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1answer
115 views
How do I respond to the “Maximum travel days/weeks” question on job application?
My situation is this - I'm trying to get into a large company. And on the job app. they ask the question:
Max. travel days/weeks
No travel
Up to 1 day a week
Up to 2 day a week
Up to ...
