どうも、M.S.です。

以前から弊社で実施しているSkypeでの面接が、地味に広まっているのか、最近は遠隔地との面接もSkypeで行なわれることが多くなってきました(※)。

　震災地域の方も多く、内定も出ているので、それなりに面接希望者の役に立っているのかなと思いつつ、毎回、ビデオ画面の向こうの面接者が自宅でスーツを着て面接にのぞむ光景には、未だに慣れません。

　先日、面接した方は、（おそらく自宅の）６畳和室で、ちゃぶ台の前で正座し、スーツとネクタイで正装して面接にのぞむも、その背後では本が山積みの状態となっていて、なんともシュールな感じでした。

　面接者の方々、お気持ちはわかりますが、面接はカジュアルな恰好で全く問題ありませんので、どうぞそこはお気遣いなく……

※最終面接は交通費支給の上、弊社渋谷オフィスまで来訪いただきます。詳しくはこちら(http://www.cyberagent.co.jp/recruit/midcareers/webinterview.html )

　さて、今週の記事は、以前告知したMariaDBの検証からの抜粋です。筆者はSさん。アメーバのシステムエンジニア,ンフラ２研のリーダーですね。そこそこ、彼とは職場での付き合いも長いし、席もM.S.と隣同士なのですが、紹介文がどうにも思いつかず。彼に相談した所、「チャラそうに見えるエンジニアってことでいいですよ、チャラくはないですけどね」ってことだそうです。

　Okada氏 といいS氏といい、どうもうちのDBエンジニアは、かっこいい系が多くて困ります。組織は、人材の多様性がとても重要だと思っているので、次はそろそろ超オタクなDBエンジニアも入社して欲しいです。 例えば30才過ぎても、未だ女心が正規化できると思っているような、理想に生きる人希望。

　それでは、どうぞ。

Hey there, M.S. here.

We have recently been seeing an increase in the amount of interviews we conduct via Skype. Interviews with people from remote locations has also been increasing a lot. (*) Lots of interviewees from the March earthquake and tsunami disaster areas and we have also extended a number of number of tentative contracts, so in this sense the interviews are paying off for the interviewees. However, I am still
not able to get used to the sight of the interviewees on the other side of the camera sitting in their homes wearing full suits. One interviewee from the other day was wearing a full suit and necktie while sitting in seiza (A formal way of sitting) behind a low tea table in a 6 tatami mat sized Japanese style room. In the background one could see numerous books etc., all in all it felt very surreal.

Interviewees, while we understand your feelings and the reason why you want to wear a suit for the interview, you are really, really free to wear more casual clothes for your interviews. We have no problems at all with it! Please be more at ease.

*Even though we do interviews via Skype, final interviews are held in Shibuya, Tokyo. The company covers all interviewee travel expenses for the trip to Shibuya.

Well, this brings us to this weeks article. This weeks article is an extract from the MariaDB research that we announced earlier. The author is the Ameba system engineer and leader of the second infrastructure team, Mr. S. I have worked with him for a long time and his seat is also close to mine, but I just can't seem to think of a good introduction for him. Both Mr. S and Mr. Okuda,in fact, most of our database engineers have a certain "coolness" factor to them. A certain amount of staff diversity is however very important, so I
would like to recruit some "geeky" database engineers as well. Someone who even when they turn over 30, thinks that a woman's heart can be normalised,someone who lives for an ideal would be great.

Ok. Please check the next blog entry.