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I once interviewed a candidate for an engineering position in Seattle. It quickly turned out that he had fabricated his entire work history and education. My fi
by kcorbitt 3y ago
I once interviewed a candidate for an engineering position in Seattle. It quickly turned out that he had fabricated his entire work history and education. My first clue was that he claimed two years of work experience at Costco HQ in Issaquah, Washington but he pronounced it as "Is-ACK" (the local pronounciation is "IS-uh-kwah"). No one who spent two years in Issaquah would ever pronounce it that way, regardless of the accent you're coming from. His story just got weirder from there.
[1]: To this day I'm not sure why -- he actually performed quite well on the tech part of the interview and might have gotten an offer if he hadn't turned out to be so untrustworthy!
- floren 3y agoI'd say the Washington shibboleth should be "Puyallup"
- monknomo 3y agoI once met someone who lived in Seattle a couple years and said "Puget Sound" with a hard g
- psunavy03 3y agoOr Snohomish. Or Sequim. Or Cle Elum.
- chanandler_bong 3y ago...or Spokane. "Spo-cane" is one I've heard not infrequently.
- resolutebat 3y agoTIL it's supposed to be "spoh-KAN".
- chihuahua 3y agoLake Keechelus
- mauvehaus 3y agoEnumclaw/EnumClaw? https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20100401-00/?p=14423 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20100401-00/?p=14...
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- themadturk 3y agoI still remember the Mariners commercial from decades ago where Edgar Martinez tries to reach new Latin American recruits to pronounce Puyallup. Hilarious.
- kid64 3y agoMaybe he had a speech impediment.