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Unemployment - Day 03

Posted by Jason on Tuesday August 02, 2005 05:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Long delayed escrow cash payment finaly came in from the GameSpy sale. It was nice to see the rough equivalent of 3 paychecks come in at once. I had no idea my bank charged $10 for incomming wiretransfers. But I hear that other "big name" banks tend to charge up to $60 for the "service". Right now I'm loving the influx of cash, but I know I'll regret it when tax time comes.
Chatted with a headhunter The Job Dr Nice guy that likes to talk - and talk - and talk.
Chatted with EA tiberon (Florida), apparently they're aware of the working condition "issue" (not mentioning the "EA Wife" thing) and are rather keen on changing that perception. But did admit that they do "occasionaly" buckle down at the end of the dev cycle and work "up to 45 hour weeks". They want to do a telephone tech screen tomorrow.
Did a real telephone interview, not one with a headhunter, recruter or h.r. personel - but a "normal" manager that's looking to fill a position on his team. Took about 30 minutes. It was fun.
Later I got a call from the headhunter, who questioned me for a good 45 minutes so that he could get pleanty of interview question info - just in case I didn't work out. I know it's his job to fill as many positions as he can, but it IS a wee bit dishonest to "overly prep" applicants. For that reason I was intentionaly vague (I imagine much to his frustration).
Tommorow I'm going in for an interview at that same company.
Tonight I'm going to trust my wife's fashon sense and get some "business casual" interview clothes.

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