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Mechanical
- Dec 13, 2002
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Has anyone had a similar situation? Given the feedback and the responses, what would be your thoughts on the possibility of a job offer? Anything that I need to think about or be aware of?
I recently interviewed for an engineering position in engineering design firm in a different industry than most of my experience. It is a small, young and very dynamically growing firm. My experience touches a little on that industry here and there, but mainly its in a different industry. There are many areas of crossover though.
Anyway, the two interviews went well. I met individually with about 6 of the employees there as well as with the owner. The owner called several of my references and reported very glowing responses from them.
He says that the others who met with me were all very impressed and that at least one thinks he’s crazy for not hiring me on the spot. The only issue is they need not only someone like me for the long term, but they also need immediate help from someone with a lot of experience in that particular industry to help get them caught up. I would be learning the industry under a much more senior guy for the next 3 to 5 years. I think the owner is trying to negotiate some temporary help (subcontract some work to an outside firm) to get them out of the hole and if he can do this he will be interested in me as well.
He said that he is 90% sure that he will offer me a position. He discussed with the senior engineer (the one with whom I would work closely) the idea of sending me to an industry training course to get me jump started. I should hear back from him this week once he’s done negotiating for the temporary help from the other firm. There were several points in common between myself and the senior guy and the others seemed to accept me fairly openly.
Thanks for your thoughts.
I recently interviewed for an engineering position in engineering design firm in a different industry than most of my experience. It is a small, young and very dynamically growing firm. My experience touches a little on that industry here and there, but mainly its in a different industry. There are many areas of crossover though.
Anyway, the two interviews went well. I met individually with about 6 of the employees there as well as with the owner. The owner called several of my references and reported very glowing responses from them.
He says that the others who met with me were all very impressed and that at least one thinks he’s crazy for not hiring me on the spot. The only issue is they need not only someone like me for the long term, but they also need immediate help from someone with a lot of experience in that particular industry to help get them caught up. I would be learning the industry under a much more senior guy for the next 3 to 5 years. I think the owner is trying to negotiate some temporary help (subcontract some work to an outside firm) to get them out of the hole and if he can do this he will be interested in me as well.
He said that he is 90% sure that he will offer me a position. He discussed with the senior engineer (the one with whom I would work closely) the idea of sending me to an industry training course to get me jump started. I should hear back from him this week once he’s done negotiating for the temporary help from the other firm. There were several points in common between myself and the senior guy and the others seemed to accept me fairly openly.
Thanks for your thoughts.
