Background – 18 years in ID in corporations + 21 as a consultant. I saw an interesting ad on Core77 for an ID Director job with a small staff and a job description that read like it should. Consumer products/ able to use Solidworks (no specific year) plus Keyshot. I use it for design control files / renderings etc. But I’m an ID first and not a full time CAD jockey. It’s one tool of many including pencil and paper.
Interview – They fly me cross country and after short pleasantries they march me into an office and a person with 3 years’ experience who would be a subordinate. She instructs me to draw an existing part in Solidworks 2012. I use 2016 with customized menus. This person tells me that when I get done with this part then draw this other one. “You have an hour”. “Here’s a ruler”
I refuse the test and after a short discussion I leave. First, this wasn’t disclosed, second there is a whole lot more to running a design department than one CAD file, and as a measure of a company’s dedication to ID it just felt wrong on many levels. Not the least of which was a sense of immediate skepticism.
Appreciate any and all thoughts from similar level folks. Thanks.