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This is a rant; A bloody great big rant.
When I left school in 1996 I was a fresh-faced, naive and inexperienced boy entering the real world. I was given advice about a variety of things when I left and one of them was “Swot up on the company you are going to for an interview”. This advice also extended to researching the role I was applying for – it would appear that some people don’t adhere to this advice anymore.
Having partaking in several interviews in the last week and a half I am continually astounded by the audacity and bare-faced lies that people put across during an interview. The job spec we were interviewing for was a junior SEO role and required basic knowledge of:
- link building
- on-page optimisation / copywriting
Experience was preferred whilst online searching experience was necessary.
As explained in my previous post There’s a Difference Between Reading Something and Doing Something you can’t know everything – nobody can, but you certainly know something a bit more when you actually do it – the proof is in the pudding with that one. But to sit and watch some people tell lies with words they don’t understand is not only soul destroying but also infuriating! Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of bending the truth, but simply waffling around something when you don’t know it makes you look a much bigger idiot than you actually are. » Read more: Attention Prospective SEO’s: Please Know What You Are Applying For!
