[Gllug] how reliable is netcraft?

[Shannon Carver]

Hi,

I'm a long time lurker, and ever so occasional poster, but this one caught
my eye.  I know from my experience with external meetings and hosting
interviews that a candidate bringing up something like this usually doesn't
go down very well at all, especially if its under researched and/or quoted
from somewhere like Netcraft.  I'd firstly make absolutely sure the
information was correct, and secondly gauge the mood/manor of the
interviewers, last thing you want to do is throw away a potential job
because you come off as cocky.

I'm of the opinion that a job interview should be about proving your
ability and winning the job, not pointing out (potentially insignificant)
faults in the employers current process.  Other's may not share my opinion
though!

Cheers


Shannon

On 5 December 2011 11:16, John Levin <john at technolalia.org> wrote:

> hi all,
>
> As preparation for a job interview tomorrow, I checked my prospective
> employer's website against netcraft.com. The results indicate that they
> are running a very outdated version of their CMS. I am now wondering how to
> raise this in my interview.
>
> My first concern is that netcraft may not be entirely accurate. How much
> faith should I put in their results?
>
> TIA
>
> John Levin
>
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