2 messsages:

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:56:27 -0400
From: Sherry Petry <spetry@CE1.AF.PUBLIC.LIB.GA.US>
Subject: Re: Inteview questions -- Jerri Swinehart

Jerri, I have limited experience with interviewing, but I always ask a
question aimed ata candidate's appreciation for details.  I usually ask
them to tell me about a project or work situation that required them to
focus on details whether at work or from personal experience.  You can
tell a lot from the experience that they select and how they describe it.
If they can't describe it in detail, they don't know about details!

Sherry Petry                            spetry@af.public.lib.ga.us
Periodicals Department                  404-730-1917
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library
1 Margaret Mitchell Sq.
Atlanta, GA  30303

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                Opinions expressed are my own and do
                not represent the Atlanta-Fulton
                Public Library

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:23:07 -0400
From: Lauren Corbett <lcorbett@ODU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Inteview questions -- 2 messages

Jerri,

Most of our interview questions are similar to Hunter's.  In filling a vacancy
for a Check-in Assistant,  I don't limit my candidates to those with experience
in serials.   I look for people who are familiar with working in a database and
any previous work experience that required accuracy with details, such as
working with numbers and spreadsheets.  We teach problem recognition and then
the Check-in Assistants refer problems to the Library Assistant who has serials
expertise.  Library experience was a plus.  If I were looking for serials
experience, I'd ask more specific questions as some of the other respondants
have indicated.

Lauren Corbett
Serials Services Librarian
Perry Library
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA  23529-0256
Ph: (757) 683-4144
Fax: (757) 683-5954