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Help me with some interview questions Posted By: RS31 On: 06-20-2008 @ 14:43:50 Reply | Edit Ok so my neighbor is moving to seattle mid july for a new position at boeing (he claims it's the #2 spot, but who knows) and is a pretty hardcore business man. I am interviewing him on sunday about career success, education, and the whole works. I want to know the do's and dont's, regrets, everything that he has that could help me out. I have some questions I am going to ask him, but I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Give me some questions that you think would be important to ask for a situation such as this. Thanks -- 
1998 GTP - 3.4" pulley - ZZP PCM - Fender Intake - Autolite 104's - TB spacer - 3" downpipe - !ubend - high flow cat 1999 Suzuki SV650 - Stage 4 jet kit - Full Exhaust Posted By: OneOwner On: 06-20-2008 @ 15:33:40 Reply | Top | Edit What has he learned from the successes and setbacks of "LEAN"? How do you adapt to dramatic changes in the economy which have long-term negative effects on your end product, none of which are due to the product's perfomance? Why is it that labor is the first to suffer (ie: lose jobs)when management lays an egg? -- When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained - Samuel Clemens Go wake up the Gimp. Posted By: cmerc On: 06-20-2008 @ 15:35:46 Reply | Top | Edit whats twice the half of one and a half. --  Posted By: Tyrel On: 06-20-2008 @ 15:46:36 Reply | Top | Edit Looking back, were you ever forced to put business above family? --  Posted By: assbreeze On: 06-20-2008 @ 15:50:46 Reply | Top | Edit ...don't say doing your wife, don't say doing your wife, don't say doing your wife... "So, Peter...where do you see yourself in ten years?" Doing your...son? -- '98 Firebird Formula http://members.cardomain.com/tailwind [ Edited on 06/20/2008 @ 15:50:57 ] Posted By: RS31 On: 06-20-2008 @ 17:16:32 Reply | Top | Edit "How do you adapt to dramatic changes in the economy which have long-term negative effects on your end product, none of which are due to the product's perfomance?" he's the VP of purchasing/materials management at NWA, so basically he just leaves anything pertaining to clients? Nick, you mean "lean" as in manufacturing lean or "lean" as in leaning out the company/staff? --
1998 GTP - 3.4" pulley - ZZP PCM - Fender Intake - Autolite 104's - TB spacer - 3" downpipe - !ubend - high flow cat 1999 Suzuki SV650 - Stage 4 jet kit - Full Exhaust Posted By: Tyrel On: 06-20-2008 @ 17:24:43 Reply | Top | Edit When making a bid, what wiggle room to you build into your price? i know for me, i am minimum 30% "wiggle" room when negotiating. -- Posted By: OneOwner On: 06-20-2008 @ 18:12:57 Reply | Top | Edit These days, it isn't enough for a company merely to cut costs. It needs to streamline processes while improving quality, becoming nimble while responding quickly to customer demand, and empowering employees while increasing profits. Enter Lean, a concept that designs, manufactures, delivers and supports products more efficiently and at lower costs — while systematically identifying and eliminating waste — all the way through the product life cycle. It uses a "just-in-time" system that gives internal and external customers what they want, when they want it, and at the lowest possible cost. At its root, Lean is about remaining competitive in a rapidly changing global marketplace. In order for Boeing to survive as an aerospace leader, continue winning new business across the enterprise, and create and sustain jobs, it constantly must find ways to make its products cost-competitive. -- When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained - Samuel Clemens Go wake up the Gimp. Posted By: pzh0bm On: 06-20-2008 @ 18:32:18 Reply | Top | Edit Ask him does he Spit or Swallow.... -- 
60 foot 2.093 330 foot 5.725 1/8 8.646 1/4 13.226 @ 107.93 mph old time new time to come. LS6 Manifold, Comp Cam 224 224 581 581 114LSA, Hooker LT Headers, Hooker Y Pipe, 3" Magnaflow Exhaust, SLP Underdrive Pulley, CAT Delete 160 Degree Stat, CAI, SLP Lid, Smooth Bellows, Custom Tune Posted By: Tyrel On: 06-20-2008 @ 18:56:38 Reply | Top | Edit Oneowner, we have an internal saying within my company, "Stay in fighting shape." I never knew we were always striving for "lean." wow, i did something right. -- Posted By: RS31 On: 06-20-2008 @ 22:03:18 Reply | Top | Edit Ok that's what I thought you meant. We are hardcore six sigma at cummins (basically making all employees manage a project or two at some point). I'll hit on it, but it's pretty obvious that the answer is always about $$$ --
1998 GTP - 3.4" pulley - ZZP PCM - Fender Intake - Autolite 104's - TB spacer - 3" downpipe - !ubend - high flow cat 1999 Suzuki SV650 - Stage 4 jet kit - Full Exhaust Posted By: Sheridan On: 06-20-2008 @ 22:21:08 Reply | Top | Edit Ask him his favorite qualities in a subordinate, and his favorite qualities in a superior. --  Posted By: OneOwner On: 06-20-2008 @ 22:48:43 Reply | Top | Edit "it's pretty obvious that the answer is always about $$$" I know. It's just fun to watch them squirm and have to admit it. -- When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained - Samuel Clemens Go wake up the Gimp. Posted By: RS31 On: 06-22-2008 @ 03:10:17 Reply | Top | Edit Well I talked to him a bit tonight. He isnt #2 at boeing... he's #4, which is still pretty high up there as far as I'm concerened. I'll interview him tomorrow. great thing is he is leaving a lot of things behind so theres a lot of "things" to take from him. btw he only has $63,500 to spend on a company car... so he was asking me if he should get a C63 AMG, lexus IS-F, or an Audi S5 (1 year waiting list). He wants an M3 (cuz he has one right now) but I think that might slightly be out of his budget (so he says). I hope he can get me a job there. --
1998 GTP - 3.4" pulley - ZZP PCM - Fender Intake - Autolite 104's - TB spacer - 3" downpipe - !ubend - high flow cat 1999 Suzuki SV650 - Stage 4 jet kit - Full Exhaust Posted By: 2piececrank On: 06-22-2008 @ 04:33:22 Reply | Top | Edit 63.5 is a nice down payment on a ZR-1 methinks. Remind him that is really practical for business too. A car traveling at 200mph takes a quarter the time a car at 50mph does, so he can now spend 3/4 of his travel time still in the office. See? Flawless logic. -- 
1989 Silverado 4x4, 355cid, RV cam, 160 thermostat, Vortec Heads, Stainless Exhaust, Hypertech Chip 1980 T-top Camaro, In the works: 355 cid race prepped block, Eagle crank and SIR rods and KB flattop pistons, Weiand heads, TH350 http://www.cardomain.com/id/2piececrank Posted By: tatom On: 06-23-2008 @ 14:59:59 Reply | Top | Edit ask him how he feels about boeing losing military contracts to french comapines (air bus). -- 2006 BMW 325, looking for another Fbod
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