Doh! Job Rejection!

[LivinLaVivaPollo]

Doh!

Interviewed for an entry-level test engineer position this past Monday. Thought it went pretty well, but I guess they didn't like me. I asked for some constructive criticism, and the hiring manager mentioned that I didn't know anything about TCP/IP (on my resume, I noted that I implemented a light TCP/IP stack for an embedded system).

He told me that I should "be careful" of doing that on my resume. The issue is that they didn't ask me questions about TCP/IP, just very light layer 2 switches, some ARP, trunking, and spanning tree. I really do know some stuff about TCP/IP, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to code TCP/IP for my embedded system project... I'm not hurt about them not hiring me, but is it typical for employers to not remember what they asked you and to give you a baseless/ambiguous reason for not hiring you?

 

[D1gger]

In my experience it is very rare for anyone to ask for comment after being rejected, so it may be that he was simply not properly prepared to answer the question.

 

[Descartes]

Did you get the ARP, etc. questions right? Sometimes it's the way you answer the questions as well; if you don't convey confidence in the answer, they might take that as simply not knowing the answer. Interviewers look for people to speak openly and freely about something they say they know, so if you stumble it's a sign that you don't have an intuitive understanding of a subject.