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Got this email last week about a position I had applied for back in 
early May ... stated "Please contact me ASAP if you're still interested 
in this position". Evidently the person that was hired wasn't working 
out. Replied ... "Sure I'm still available and I would be glad to meet 
with you at your convenience". The next day as I was heading home from 
helping brother-in-law clean up two storm fallen trees, I get a call on 
my cell asking if I could come in right away for an interview. I 
indicated that I'd needed to get home first and get cleaned up. His 
response ... "We're very informal here so come on ahead". I thought how 
odd, but I was there within a half hour ... wait it get's stranger. 
Before I'd even finished introductions (hand shaking etc) he told me 
that he wasn't even going to bother with technical aspects of interview. 
He added that he was ex US Navy and had gone through the same 
electronics training that I had and that my credentials weren't going to 
be an issue. We swapped Navy stories for about 45 minutes, then started 
a tour of shop area ... then on the way back to the office he turned to 
me and ask what my religious beliefs were!!!! I thoughtfully offered 
that I hadn't been to church since I was a young man, however I did take 
a theology course in college to fulfill my humanities requirement. 
Things proceeded normally and as we parted he indicated that he needed 
some time to "pray on it" and that he would get back to me shortly. Two 
days after interview I sent follow up email thanking him for his time. A 
week after interview sent another email asking if there had been any 
movement on his opportunity, and got a reply indicating that he was 
swamped with quotes to new clients, and that he would get back to me by 
the end of the week ... this past Friday. Monday afternoon sent another 
email that went unanswered ... I think the handwriting is on the wall, 
that I won't be made an offer. Now you wonder that given what I've 
written so far, why would I want to work for such a person/company ... 
well I desperately need a job. Finally I'd like to add that it's my 
understanding that asking about my religious beliefs (among other 
things) is a no-no here in the US (don't know or care about elsewhere) 
and that if I wanted to be a prick about it I could make trouble. Fat 
chance of it going anywhere if I did stir it up, as it was just us two 
and it would eventually boil down to my word against his. Sad state of 
affairs ... don't you think?
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