Uber? - Wash the Pinto and explain your knowledge of travels in Brazil.......'Splain how you can do a round trip from Red Lodge to Billings Airport in 20 minutes.......

Hmm, could this dream job be as a "secret shopper"?

Are they going to fly him all over the world to "test" random drivers?

May I suggest something other than a dress?

Brazil will be one of my territories. I dig that totally.

That would be a very cool job... I wonder if they have those? They must!

I am applying for a position to oversee map acquisition globally.

I have no shortage of confidence, for better or worse :)

That would be awesome, Kevin. I was staying in Pasadena a couple months ago, but I had a van load of Russian in-laws with me at the time.

Very creative! I think that would score some serious points!

Yep, for most webcams it's probably better to sit back a bit to minimize the wide-angle fun house/fisheye effect. Also, your mug should be front-lit, so most of the lighting should be coming from behind the camera, not "into" the camera from behind you (back & side lighting = bad in most cases). Try not to be front-lit from your monitor either, as you can look blue-ish/washed-out with horrible color rendition. Maybe turn down the brightness a bit on it. You might try setting up the cam in front of that window so it lights you from the front with natural light. Experiment with stills like the one you took above before go-time. Good luck. :cool:

Wine? How Bourgeois! Martini all the way...

I had a Skype interview once. I had a button up with no pants. I tucked my shirt into my underwear.

Assuming you get the job(be careful what you wish for) I hope they give you enough holidays to do the things you would like to do ie. motorbike trip to Alaska plus your numerous other sidetrips. I see you as charismatic enough to do something like Anthony Bourdain but without the food. Don't sell yourself short.....:)

Awesome. Put the skype window right below the webcam and look at the camera, not the person. Smile, relax, and be yourself. Good luck!

we use Skype for Business for all our meetings. I think a lot has been said about bandwidth. And a good mic, not the built in one on a laptop, those are horrible.

Also, remember the lag time between you speaking and the sound getting to the other person. Wait the extra second or two before you start to talk. In the meantime, don't move much, or move slowly as you adjust your body naturally so your head on the screen doesn't seem to much out of synch with the sound. Speak as naturally as you can as you compensate for the time lag.

Don't comment on or get distracted by artifacts in the other party's background. It's excellent advice to look into the camera rather than the screen. Remember that you're trying to make a good impression based on what the other person sees, your view is unimportant.

You guys gave me a lot of great advice, encouragement and well wishes, and I really appreciate that!

The interview went pretty well. I'd give myself about an 8 rating. I could have done a bit better in a couple areas, but overall, I think I did OK. She did email me an Excel assignment to complete over the weekend, which is a good sign. If the interview doesn't go well, you don't get the Excel assignment. Assuming I complete that, next up are Zoom interviews with managers in Denver, Cape Town and Australia next week. If those go well and I accept the offer, I'll be on a plane to Cape Town within a day or two.

One step closer :)

Congrats! How could they resist? Looking forward to some great stories.

Smile and hair are great, room needs a lot of work (as in find another) single gray wall lit well from in front of the camera.Maybe a single benign piece of art off to one side

Shave most of the scruff, and throw some of wifey's base on the greasy forehead. Other than that you're good to go.

I would make sure your better half (Your Bride) is in the back ground of the feed. Other than than that you have it scored, based on you. Good Luck you certainly live in the right place. Montana = Versatile . :)

Sounds like this gig may be based "elsewhere"?

Will there be an allowance to convert your conveyances to RHD or you just gonna eyeball it?

Great job Richard. Yes, you would not get the next assignment if you weren't still in the selection.

I'd kill to see the excel assignment. Tell us a little more, if you can! Will it require macros? How advanced is it? Is it big - how long will it take you?

Good Luck!

G

Another hidden beauty of motorcycles!

You need to break out the yellow hair for this interview.

Not to digress... but this got me curious about "overseeing map acquisition". So what exactly is the job description?

I read this: https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/03/ubers-first-acquisition-will-be-mapping-tech-startup-decarta/

and this: Why Uber is buying map companies

But how does one go about acquiring maps? Digital maps?

Uber needs prior maps for future requirements:

The Reason We Won't Have Autonomous Cars Any Time Soon

Yes, I will be roaming the globe. Around 6 weeks in each location.

Sooo.. What was the outcome

Thanks for asking, Sidney.

It was a bit strange...

I had 3 interviews via Zoom. I thought they all went very well. I was asked many analytical questions and I was easily able to answer them. I aced a very advanced Excel assessment. One of the interviewers commented that I was the first person out of the 45-something that he had interviewed to nail all the questions. They were easy. I felt that the job was well within my scope of abilities.

During the last interview, the Uber guy mentioned that I would probably need to live in an AirBnb roommate situation in some cities (I had been told by others that I would have my own AirBnb apartment). I told him that was a no-go for me. (I am wayyyyy past that sort of thing). I offered to pay for my own lodging out of my pocket.

I was passed over for the position. They mentioned the living arrangement as the reason. I can only assume that they thought that perhaps I was not a team player. Very odd, but I respect their decision and experience.

A company that insisted i be "roomies" is not a company I would really be that excited to work for.

Their loss.

Yeah, they may have viewed your push-back on that issue as an indicator of how badly you wanted the job, and/or your ability to be flexible/team-player/etc. Who knows, but it sounds like they don't have much structure in place for this particular position/department yet. That can be a good thing (getting in on the ground floor/key player for a new project), or it can be a complete clusterfook waiting to happen.

If it's something you REALLY wanted to do, it may have been better to "yes" them to death until hired, then bring up any issues later under the umbrella of "I must have misunderstood that".
Your offered solution, or one involving them compromising might have been possible once you were hired. A good learning and confidence-building experience if nothing else. ;)

Woulda been a deal breaker for me too.

At this stage in life my own space is very high on my list of must haves.

Their loss.

I would have said: Send me Pictures of her........

Dude. I could not agree more.

Interesting that they proposed that at, what I'm assuming is not a low pay grade. Back when I was in sales with a very cheap company we only had to share hotel rooms for the big national training meeting, and that was more related to the fact that the small town corporate was in could not support us with enough rooms if we didn't. Most companies realize you need your personal space to unwind.