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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/27/2014 12:44 PM, Jay Lozier
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<blockquote cite="mid:52E69AF9.8040808@gmail.com" type="cite">My
take as someone originally not trained in IT (chemistry) is
problem solving first with a logical outline of the steps to solve
the problem. If there is something the person does not know do
they know how to research for a solution and do they know they do
not know the answer.
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One question that may be more important is how did one learn about
something. I am looking at the type person they are. Are they
someone who will learn something new "just because" or only
because they need to for work. I would like to hear often this is
asked by an interviewer.
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<font size="-1">My personal story on problem solving goes like
this: I was working as technical support for a company while in
college. My manager took all of my hard problems. Anytime I ran
into something that caused me to struggle I would pass the buck.
One day he announced he was leaving and they told him to leave
immediately. I was the only one and they expected me to fill in
his shoes. Luckily I arised to the occasion and excelled. That
one event taught me almost everything about being dependent on my
abilities over someone else. When there is no one else to turn to
then you are it. You do not know everything, but in today's time,
2014, you can pair good problem skills with google-fu to solve
issues.<br>
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In that example I was the guy who was not interested in personal
growth. Any challenge I would push up to the next level. I plan
never to be that guy again and I do not want to hire that guy
either....<br>
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