10-05-2005 01:32									#1
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I have been having quite a number of phone interviews lately, with varying companies around the US. Just thought I would share.

1. Specialty chemicals in Louisville, KY - should hear something from them soon, it's been 2 weeks to the day, and they said it would take them 2 weeks to get through all the screens. However, the guy seemed to like me. Yet, I wonder how much Louisville actually works leading up to the Derby.

2. Pharma intermediates in Huntsville, AL - I like this company the best, however I am short one of three requirements. I am working with a recruiter on this one, he doubts that anyone will come up as what he is looking for is rare. I had a good discussion with the guy this morning, and apparently I am still in the running. They are still looking however, and I will hear from them within 2 weeks.

3. Pharma company in Cincinatti, OH - Seems nice, small company. I scared them with my salary requirements, but was able smooth that out. Should hear by the end of the week. I think this one would be nice.

4. Paducah, KY and St. Louis, MO - a recruiter is trying to get me interviews with 2 companies at these locations. Who knows.

5. Hutchinson, MN - Making disc drive suspension assemblies. Not exactly my bread and butter, but an interesting company, small, growing, solid, may be fun... Plus, I love me my walleye! Had the interview last week, and they want me to fly out for a face to face.




Any suggestions/info on the above towns or interview strategies would be forthcoming

	10-05-2005 01:51									#2
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Louisville is a nice Southern city in one of the prettier states. The east side is nice, W. Louisville is the pits. Don't go north into Indiana (not that you'd want to) as S. Indy is full of more racist rednecks than a Klan convention. You have a pretty good college basketball and football program there, and you're not so far from Cincy that you can't catch the NFL or MLB (or the Colts in Indianapolis).

Huntsville AL - Pretty much the only thing to recommend Huntsville is that there is a NASA facility there, so the local populace is probably a bit more educated than, say, Gadsen. However, you are hours away from any major city - Atlanta is 200 miles away, while Birmingham is just 100... though why you would want to go to Birmingham is beyond me.

Cincy - in terms of big city living, Cincy is your best bet. NFL, MLB, college hoops, fine dining, suburban sprawl... Cincy has it all. One of the things I like about Cincy is that the drivers are not wimps - if you can't handle bumper-to-bumper traffic going 65 miles an hour, don't go to Cincy.

Paducah - A nothing little hamlet in the middle of nowhere. If you want small town life with no chance of being bothered by big city growth, Paducah (of the cities that I know, at least) is your best bet. Me, I wouldn't move there for anything less than a mid six-figure salary because something would have to compensate me for my boredom.

I have no experience with the other cities you listed.

	10-05-2005 01:57									#3
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Thanks JohnT

quote: if you can't handle bumper-to-bumper traffic going 65 miles an hour, don't go to Cincy

http://www.epinions.com/trvl-review...-39EDF5E1-prod4

luckily, in the SF Bay Area, it's about the same

	10-05-2005 01:57									#4
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Huntsville AL - Pretty much the only thing to recommend Huntsville is that there is a NASA facility there, so the local populace is probably a bit more educated than, say, Gadsen.

However, isn't that where Darkstar lives?

	10-05-2005 01:59									#5
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quote: However, isn't that where Darkstar lives?

Ah crap... I'll be plagued with the converstation that never ends!

	10-05-2005 02:00									#6
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Face it Japher, no one will ever hire you. No use posting silly made up jobs to try and impress us.
You should open up your own septic tank cleaning service. Yea. Now there's a futur!

	10-05-2005 02:01									#7
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quote: septic tank cleaning service

bet you'd get paid good money!

	10-05-2005 02:05									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Japher bet you'd get paid good money!

No shlt!!

The more poeple there is, the more bullshlt there is to clean up.

	10-05-2005 02:22									#9
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quote: The more poeple there is, the more bullshlt there is to clean up.

I'm not a politician, so I wouldn't know about that.

	10-05-2005 02:25									#10
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Cincy - in terms of big city living, Cincy is your best bet. NFL, MLB, college hoops, fine dining, suburban sprawl... Cincy has it all. One of the things I like about Cincy is that the drivers are not wimps - if you can't handle bumper-to-bumper traffic going 65 miles an hour, don't go to Cincy.

Apparently everybody in Ohio who's not from Cincinnatti thinks that Cincinnatti is the worst place on Earth.

At least, my informal survey of 5 Ohians tells me that.

	10-05-2005 02:26									#11
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Well, it's not an attractive city, that's true. But of the ones listed (that I have experience with, anyway), Cincy is the best bet, with Louisville coming in a close second.

	10-05-2005 02:35									#12
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Yeah, but I get a lot of people who think I am crazy for not liking the bay area, or California for that matter...

	10-05-2005 02:42									#13
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But you do like it. You've just come to the realisation that you cannot afford it.

	10-05-2005 02:52									#14
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quote: But you do like it. You've just come to the realisation that you cannot afford it.

That's a reason not to like it... a BIG reason IMO

	10-05-2005 04:51									#15
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don't go to paducah.

there is absolutely nothing there.

	10-05-2005 04:54									#16
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its best to conduct phone interviews when you're high, because then you understand everything

	10-05-2005 06:19									#17
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Don't sweat it. After the huge earthquake, you can come back.

	10-05-2005 06:20									#18
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Speaking of huge earthquakes, if that's a concern I wouldn't move to St. Louis or Paducah either.

	10-05-2005 07:25									#19
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the places you are looking for work are all cheaper to live at, but the locations aren't as nice as cali can be

Jon Miller

	10-05-2005 07:28									#20
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Hutchinson, MN

small, but basically becoming a suburb of Minneapolis

Minneapolis is less than 1 hour away

Jon Miller
(I could be wrong, has been 3 years since I lived there)

	10-05-2005 07:28									#21
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Minnesota also has a lot of engineering type work...

Jon Miller

	16-05-2005 21:47									#22
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Didn't get Cincy or Louisville... not too abashed as I fly to Minnesota on Wednesday for an interview, the Alabama folk still haven't turned me down, and I have a recruiter who actually sends me updates!?

Anyway, still applying. It's tough finding a job.

	16-05-2005 21:49									#23
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IA gree

'JM

	17-05-2005 02:21									#24
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Huntsville job got dissolved, they said something about financial reasons. That's the second time this has happen to me.

Sucks... now down to Minnesota and the other ones with which I haven't even interviewed.

Why is my life putting so much pressure on that MN job?

	18-05-2005 08:30									#25
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Wish me luck

I leave tomorrow for the interview

I'm rather nervous

	18-05-2005 08:33									#26
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good luck

I have been just working on grading and a take home test

tomorrow I really need to spend more time looking for something to do in the summer

things are really scarce here in UMD, there are a lot of people without research groups.. and the department does not have money to give out more TAs to make up for that (or for people getting into research groups without RA support)

Jon Miller

	18-05-2005 08:45									#27
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Ming is good on interview technique. Attitude is the main thing.