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Subject: RE: feedback for interview with Tom Boyle
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 15:16:45 -0800
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From: "Tim Gardner" <tim.gardner@onstor.com>
To: "Andy Sharp" <andy.sharp@onstor.com>,
	"Maxim Kozlovsky" <maxim.kozlovsky@onstor.com>
Cc: "Jobi Ariyamannil" <jobi.ariyamannil@onstor.com>,
	"Brian DeForest" <brian.deforest@onstor.com>

Thank you everyone for taking the time to interview Tom and share your
thoughts. I agree with the consensus that we should pass so I will
notify
the recruiter that we are not interested. Thanks again.

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Sharp=20
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 3:35 PM
To: Maxim Kozlovsky
Cc: Tim Gardner; Jobi Ariyamannil
Subject: Re: feedback for interview with Tom Boyle

Pass.

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 15:12:29 -0700 "Maxim Kozlovsky"
<maxim.kozlovsky@onstor.com> wrote:

> I had kind of similar opinion, he has some big phrases on his resume,
> but when asked about them it turned out he was doing "small things"
> (that was a phrase he used a several times) and fixing a problem here
> and there. I think we should pass.=20
>=20
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Andy Sharp
> >Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:55 PM
> >To: Tim Gardner
> >Cc: Maxim Kozlovsky; Jobi Ariyamannil
> >Subject: feedback for interview with Tom Boyle
> >
> >Tom showed up fairly early for his interview, so I took him at 9:45
> >and we spoke for about 45 minutes.
> >
> >One thing is for sure: people skills aren't really his forte.
> >
> >I get the impression that he is not interested in designing anything
> >or creating anything from scratch, that he just likes to be given a
> >rather narrow, clearly defined task, which he will complete
> >regardless of how much of a technical challenge it might be and
> >probably without much hands on management input.  I call these
> >people "fixers."  Sometimes you meet a fixer who also likes to take
> >on fresh challenges involving definite design cycles.  I asked Tom
> >about such things and it was clear that nothing concrete lept into
> >his mind, which I took to mean that
> such
> >things hold virtually no interest for him.  Quite frankly I wasn't
> >able to really pin him down on where the greatest areas of interest
> >are for him.
> >
> >I think he could do many tasks for Onstor, but he would probably best
> >fit in the escalations group.  Or just working on escalations.
> >
> >I'd be interested to hear what other people thought.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >a
