2 posts tagged with "interviews"

I recently had a conversation with some fellow documentarians about the technical writing job search process and how to succeed. Eventually we started talking about unique, interesting application and interview questions — and why they're such effective ways to gauge a person's ability to do the job. Someone told me they once had to explain how to play tic-tac-toe. Another person was asked, "What's a skill you have that has nothing to do with this job?"

And it got me going down my own rabbit hole...

Let's talk about the interview. Unfortunately, I'm not talking about about that job interview, and I am not an expert at landing new jobs.

I'm talking about the subject matter expert (SME) interview. You know the one: you have a small window of time with someone you barely know to learn intricate details about a product you barely understand...and then you have to decide how much of that information belongs in your documentation. Put like that, it sounds like a nearly impossible task, doesnt it?