Candidate Selection: Rewind-Play-FastFwd
Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 02:54PM Alright, alright, so I haven’t had a chance to bring you all up to speed on the final pick for my final candidate selection. It’s been pretty crazy here at work. So I’ll sum it up for all of you here.
REWIND
As you may recall, I was asked to bring on another IT Manager that would fill the gap of added responsibilities as a result of my former boss’ reassignment to Special Projects. I brought in three very different candidates in for interviews: (1) Simone Bosworth, Big 5 background, Harvard; (2) Venkatesh Vanamali, hardworking Indian dude; and (3) Johnnie Vasquez, the Mexican Mormon from BYU. Not to my surprise, based on the poll that I put out there, the favorite was Johnnie Vasquez. He was my favorite too, HOWEVER, I went with Wenky, the Indian. I know, disappointed, but here’s why.
I didn’t go with Simone, but not because she was a female who would bring in cookies and muffins on a weekly basis and try to spread sunshine and joy all around, but because of her Big 5 background. Most Big 5 types are stuck and set in their ways and think everything needs to follow a strict standard set of methods. They don’t seem to see past all the red tape. That tells me 3 things: (1) not flexible (2) not an “out of the box” thinker and (3) a crier if things don’t go her way.
I didn’t go with the Mexican Mormon, Johnnie because I know myself too well. First of all, he is a hot piece of ass! So hot that I thought he had to be gay! But he’s not. And if I hired him, I couldn’t nail him. I mean, I could, but I don’t like bringing sand to the beach. But really, while I’d have a complete and total blast with a male version of me running around the office, there is, in fact, work that needs to get done. Don’t get me wrong, he was the #1 contender, but then I thought, with him here, I’m afraid we would immerse ourselves in daily office shenanigans and it would be a never-ending competition of who “one-up’d” who last. (Not to mention, he was the only one that didn’t send me a “Thank You” email after the interview.)
PLAY
So here we are. Wenky, my final pick. Yes, while it seemed like he would be too submissive and an annoying “Yes Man,” I felt I could definitely count on an Indian to get shit done. I can work with the submissiveness to loosen him up a bit. And after thinking about it more, it would be lot more challenging and entertaining to fuck with him and put all of his beliefs and morals to the test. Hell, I got him to cuss during the interview. He’ll be craving In n’ Out double doubles and swimming in Grey Goose by the time he hits his 90-Day mark.
He started last week and his first task was to rep me in the vendor meeting in our War Room last Friday. (Hahaha….they thought they had me…sending over a couple of hot guys with intent to woo me into buying another piece of software. Nice Try suckers!!!!) Anyway, he did a fantastic job and that just confirmed even further that I made the right choice.
FAST FORWARD
I finally got an email from the Mexican Mormon last week. Still not a “Thank You” email but an invitation for dinner and drinks this weekend. I accepted and in my response, I did let him know we went with another candidate and wanted to make sure there were no hard feelings…it’s business. Although I am expecting “hard feelings” from him this weekend!!!! Here comes another wax appointment!!!! Did I say too much?
Reader Comments (4)
Wow...didn't see that one coming at all Tech Babe. I was sure it was Johnnie!!!
Oh Tech-Babe... The beach can always use more sand. And if you work at an entertainment company like you say you do, you DO NOT have work to do. There is plenty of time to play.
Life without a conscience is a beautiful thing...
Duly noted Jason. However, "work" also equates to manicures...impulse shopping...extended lunch periods...etc. I needed someone to cover these off-times for me=P
That's right...Indians Rock! Good choice.