获得创造性工作的面试技巧
　　当Dan Garriott讲述他以前碰到一个现在已成为他好友的人的情景，笑了起来。他们当时是要谈论他们的职业。'他是一流的技术招聘人员。”Garriot说，'我在一次聚会上碰到他。他自我介绍说是个卖肉的商人。”
　　但是Garriott，他在8个月前创立了正智资源……一个建在俄勒冈州的小型创造性员工招聘代理公司，决不会用卖肉商人的方法去做招聘和安置创造性人才的工作。
　　'当你同创造性人才打交道的时候，你真的要去体会他们的处境。”Garriot说，'你不得不对他们很是尊敬。他们的工作是独一无二的，是颇有价值的。他们不是牲畜，他们是人。”
　　但是Garriott很快补充道创造性人才需要同对待招聘他们的人一样对待其他人。他警告说，'你必须记住在同业市场上，大家都知道彼此。”作为一个创造性人才，你的工作作风和为人正直的名声比你的人更重要。　　Garriott解释说，'如果你碰到一些人，并给他们留下了不好的印象，他们会跟其他人说的。”
　　Garriot干美术设计员干了很多年。事实上，他声称他'大概会去做完全不相干的其他职位，去从事创造性人员招聘代理工作。”
　　鉴于他这么多年的实际经验，他很同情创造性工作者。'我对帮助创造性工作者寻找工作充满极大的热情，因为我曾经也是他们中的一员。”他说，'我曾经也同他们一样工作，也一样说我需要个工作来付我的房租。”
　　面试智慧之语
　　在过去几年中，他都从事不相干的工作……即招聘。在体验了招聘过程中双方的角色后，Garriott有着非凡的洞察力。
　　对于面试，Garriott有一些很好的建议。我们把它变成了一些容易记忆的话：
　　•捡起他们放下的: '在面试中，你需要拿出他们在寻找的东西，”Garriott说，'讲讲你曾经做过的与之有关的事情。你需要确保他们对你所能提供的服务感到欣慰。”
　　·'事实上，人们会为你引导这个面试，为你往哪个方向走以及你应当说什么指出方向。”他补充道，'我认为面试并不是过多地阐述你有多好，而是去倾听他们的需求是什么。”
　　•内在并不由外表所决定: '不要太过精心准备你的资料。”Garriott说，'你需要让你的工作证明你的创造性如何，而不是靠包装。你的包装再漂亮也不能使他们信服你做的工作会更好。”
　　•交流是双向的: '我认为面试他们也是很重要的。”他说，'我认为很多人在进行面试的时候都想给人留下印象以得到这份工作。无论怎样，都不要干扰别人的计划。但同时你也需要找出你能得到什么。你可以提出半打好问题，从得到的回答中找出这个工作事实上是什么样儿的。”
　　•诚实是最好的策略: '不要说你能做你实际上不能做的事情。”Garriott说。在创造性工作的世界里，真相是会很快大白的。这样一来你不仅仅得不到这份工作，你的名誉也会受到损坏。
　　•做你自己: '我总是告诉人们穿他们平常穿的风格，”Garriott说，'不要太过火，也不要太无趣。”他补充说这种松散的着装态度可能是创造性行业特有的，也是波特兰特有的休闲态度。
Interview Tips for Landing a Creative Job
Dan Garriott chuckles as he recounts the time he met a man who has since become a good friend, and they got to talking about their vocations. "He‘s a big-time tech recruiter," says Garriot. "I met him at a party, and he introduced himself as a flesh merchant.‘"
But Garriott, who eight months ago founded Right Brain Resource, a small creative-staffing agency in Portland, Oregon, hardly takes the flesh-merchant approach to his job of recruiting and placing creative talent.
"When you deal with creative people, you have to really empathize with their situation," Garriott says. "You have to treat them with a lot of respect. The work they do is unique and valuable. They are not cattle; they are human beings."
But Garriott is quick to add that creative types need to be just as careful about the way they treat people as do those hiring them. "You have to keep in mind with a niche market, everybody knows each other," he warns. As a creative person, your reputation in terms of work style and integrity will precede you.
"If you meet someone and leave them with a bad taste in their mouth, they‘re going to share that with other people," Garriott explains.
For many years, Garriott worked as a graphic designer. In fact, he claims he "could probably walk from one end of the city to the other touching buildings that I‘ve temped in for creative-staffing agencies."
As a result of his years in their shoes, he empathizes with creative workers. "I‘m very passionate about helping creative people find work, because I‘ve been one," he says. "I‘ve been on the other side of the desk, saying i need a job so I can pay my rent.‘"
Interview Words of Wisdom
But for the past few years, he‘s been on the other end of the business -- the end that does the hiring. Having worn both pairs of shoes in the dance that is the hiring process, Garriott has unusual insight.
When it comes to the interview, Garriott has some great words of advice, which we‘ve taken the liberty of turning into easy-to-remember cliches:
•Pick Up What They‘re Laying Down: "In an interview, you‘ll be able to pick up on what they‘re looking for," Garriott says. "Talk about the stuff you‘ve done that‘s related to that. You want to make sure they‘re comfortable that you can provide the services they need.
·"People will actually lead the interview for you and give direction in what way to go and what you should be talking about," he adds. "I think interviewing is not so much about spewing on about how great you are but listening to what their needs are."
•Your Book Isn‘t Judged by Its Cover: "Don‘t be too elaborate with your portfolio," Garriott says. "You should let your work speak to how creative you are, not the packaging. There‘s no amount of packaging you can do that‘s going to trick them into thinking your work is better than it is."
•Communication Is a Two-Way Street: "I think it‘s important to interview them, too," he says. "I think a lot of people go on interviews thinking that they have to impress these people to try to get the job and no matter what, don‘t disrupt the apple cart. But at the same time, you want to figure out what you‘re getting into. You want to go in with half a dozen good questions that you can try to get answers from that paint a picture of what the job is really like."
•Honesty Is the Best Policy: "Don‘t say you can do things you can‘t," Garriott says. In the world of creative work, the cat will get out of the bag quickly, and not only will you lose the job you‘re interviewing for, you‘ll lose your good reputation.
•Be Yourself: "I always tell people to dress the way they dress," Garriott says. "Don‘t overshoot it and be too stuffy." He adds that this lax attitude toward the dress code may be specific to the creative industry and even more particular to Portland‘s casual attitude.