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I'm sure he could have done a better job communicating to the recruiter. You could tell he was slightly irritated, and maybe somehow he could have figured out a

I'm sure he could have done a better job communicating to the recruiter. You could tell he was slightly irritated, and maybe somehow he could have figured out a different framing that the recruiter would understand. (But note that at the end, he changed his strategy and said simply that he had experience with Linux and UNIX, and the recruiter still didn't care. It really isn't clear whether there was any approach that would have worked.) He did like a 75% good job. But the recruiter did a 0% good job. It's not easy to personally take it upon yourself to make every interaction work perfectly when the other party is trying their hardest to make it fail.

flukus 9y ago
> He did like a 75% good job. I'd say a 75% good job for a fresh grad is a really good score. Explaining technical jargon to the computer illiterate is not really something you can learn at school.
- cushychicken 9y ago
  >Explaining technical jargon to the computer illiterate is not really something you can learn at school ...but, yet, probably should be.
- nulagrithom 9y ago
  Not to mention he shouldn't have to in this instance. He's talking to someone who's recruiting for technical positions. At a big-name company like this, is it really too much to ask that someone understand the basics of the technology and they're recruiting for? I mean, I explain technical jargon all day long, sure, but I work at a trucking company. Still, my interview process certainly didn't run in to any problem like this, and had it, I can assure you I would've been met with no resistance with the given explanation...
- isostatic 9y ago
  > Explaining technical jargon to the computer illiterate is not really something you can learn at school. How can you not learn that - how else can you talk to IT/Conputer teachers?
euyyn 9y ago
> and the recruiter still didn't care It wasn't not caring; at that point the recruiter didn't believe him about the Unix experience.

flukus 9y ago

> He did like a 75% good job. I'd say a 75% good job for a fresh grad is a really good score. Explaining technical jargon to the computer illiterate is not really something you can learn at school.

cushychicken 9y ago
>Explaining technical jargon to the computer illiterate is not really something you can learn at school ...but, yet, probably should be.
nulagrithom 9y ago
Not to mention he shouldn't have to in this instance. He's talking to someone who's recruiting for technical positions. At a big-name company like this, is it really too much to ask that someone understand the basics of the technology and they're recruiting for? I mean, I explain technical jargon all day long, sure, but I work at a trucking company. Still, my interview process certainly didn't run in to any problem like this, and had it, I can assure you I would've been met with no resistance with the given explanation...
isostatic 9y ago
> Explaining technical jargon to the computer illiterate is not really something you can learn at school. How can you not learn that - how else can you talk to IT/Conputer teachers?

euyyn 9y ago

> and the recruiter still didn't care It wasn't not caring; at that point the recruiter didn't believe him about the Unix experience.