[BC] They don't even cover it up anymore

[Jeff Carter]

You and I are in roughly the same boat, I'm just a bit younger than
you.  You're roughly my dad's age.

Cisco has a big facility here in GA that used to be Scientific
Atlanta.  I did the whole phone interview thing and seemed to be on
the fast track until the contacts just died on their end.

All they'd tell me when I kept calling was they were very sorry, but a
hiring freeze had gone into place and they couldn't hire me.

Jeff/KD4RBG

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:13 PM,  <RichardBJohnson at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Today, Friday, October 2, 2009, one day before my 63rd birthday.
>
> I spent most of this week getting ready for a job interview at Cisco. Their facility in Boxboro was a long commute, but I even drove the route during normal commuting time to find out how long it would take to drive the 38.4 miles. It took slightly less than an hour. An employment agency was trying to place me at a position they advertised and I knew that the position was a good fit, for which my qualifications were excellent. I reviewed the history of Cisco so that I would be knowledgeable about the company and I reviewed many on-line articles about Cisco as well as product advertisements and even some customer complaints. I tried to find out, as much about the company as I could so my interview would be successful.
>
> The agency called around noontime and stated Cisco's response, "I was too senior."
>
> This is their recruiting video on the Web: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdQ9lQ-i0u8
>
> Cheers,
> Richard B. Johnson
> Book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Carter" <broadcast at hidden-valley.com>
>
> Recently?
>
> I got shut down in the middle of the interview process because they
> claimed a hiring freeze.
>
> Jeff
>
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