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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

story-telling during interviews

As stated in http://bigblog.tanbin.com/2010/08/vague-vs-normal-vs-specific-answers-in.html,
during non-tech interviews, stories are a good way to organize your
thoughts, make yourself memorable.

To prove a _team_player_ -- These aren't stories but ... voted most
helpful colleague in Zed; knowledge sharing; hands-on guidance over
freshers; one of the most gregarious guys on the floor, making friends
across department boundaries

To prove "help those in need" -- rated substantially-exceed by all the
freshers I helped, mostly Indian freshers; Never turned away a help
seeker

To prove constructiveness in conflict -- presenting alternative
designs to senior managers
To prove knowledge sharing
To prove "can work with difficult colleagues" -- Chih Hao who likes to
criticize my code
To prove under-pressure -- biggest release of 2009
To prove personal sacrifice --