I got my first co-op with Georgia Tech Research Institute by applying for the position and submitting my resume. I was called in for an interview, and after about 15 minutes of asking me, "Do you understand what this code does?" showed me my office and asked me if I liked cream in my coffee in the mornings.
My job recruitment out of college was a different story, though. I applied to many places, and submitted my resume. I was flown out to Florida for one interview and the interview person grilled me for a full hour on things I had put in my resume, and acted shocked that I actually had intelligent answers for what he was throwing at me. All he could do was sit there and ask me, "So how old *are* you?!?", alluding to the fact that I had worked on a LOT of really cool stuff for several years before finally getting out of school. An outstanding resume can be good, but too outstanding can make people skeptical.
When interviewing at National Instruments, campus recruiters who had gone to Georgia Tech and knew my reputation got me an almost automatic on-site interview in Austin, Texas. When I got to my on-site interview I went through the normal interview process and afterward was told I had my choice of placement (which group). So, it was who knew me that got my foot in the door, and what I knew that sealed the deal.
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Originally Posted by KathieK
Be careful what you post online in blogs, etc. It could haunt you in a job interview.
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Oh yeah. I heard a rumor about a guy who recently applied for a job at Microsoft, and about halfway through the day the HR rep googled his name and found some quite racy remarks he made about Mr. Gates several years before, and they then escorted him out of the building before the interviews were over.
-Danny