Junior Web Developer
Arrived at the North Tower building in Chatswood at least 40 minutes before actual scheduled interview time. Read a magazine and some of the Business section of SMH while waiting in the empty lobby. Watched people go by until 4. Small talked with a guy carrying out servers. Interviewed by Craig Sharkie, the Broadband Content Director. Called him on the internal phone to get him out of his office. No one was in the room.
Standard open ended questions. What did I know about
AOL? A little story on the name, but on the Australian branch I couldn't think of anything, not even the merger with Seven Network. Asked why I wanted to work for AOL and this was after I told him how much of a joke and nuisance it was with the free cds and hours. Told him I didn't give a shit were I worked, as long as I worked.
Skills test. Simple HTML and content editing. Method of operation bothered him as I told him that the example should drop "WC" in favour of "toilets" and "Insert some other copy" was stupid. I code in silence and in a testing situation this isn't lightly looked upon. Tried to undercut the opposition by $5000-10000, of which there was about 7 others.
Bushfires started as soon as I got onto the train station at about 1630. Damn job was exactly like the underground work done over at
The Wax Conspiracy.
AOL7
Address: Chatswood
Wearing: Cream white jeans with a blue cotton top. Colorado boots on foot.
Thursday, 05 December 2002 - 09:59
Unsuccessful
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