Employment Application

So, you think you've got what it takes to rock the multimedia world as a member of team Kinetic? Well, you've read our site. You know everything about us except our shoe size (Jay's a 10C). Now we'd like to learn a little about you. So pull up a chair. Sit down. We just have a few questions...and we promise to hide your answers under the mattress for safekeeping.

PLEASE NOTE:
This form is THE first avenue of contact for prospective Kinetic associates. If you call us on the phone or fax us, we will find you, cook you and eat you. Have a nice day.

First Name....................

Last Name....................

E-mail..........................

Phone#........................

State where you live......

Type of employment you're interested in:
 Full-time  Part-time  Internship
Virtual  Temp/Contract  All
Stay-at-home-in-pajamas-all-day 

How did you hear about Kinetic?
(If online, please let us know what URL, if possible.)

Type of work interested in:
Designer   Programmer   Administrative Assistant
Account Manager   Business Development   Writer/Editor
Other: 

List some URLs you'd like us to see and what you did there
(design, writing, site promotion, etc.):

URL of online resume and/or portfolio: 

Okay, now for the important questions...

If you were stranded on a desert island and could only take three CDs with you, what would they be?
1. 
2. 
3. 

What is your favorite TV show? 

What was the last book you read? 

What's the most outrageous thing you've ever done?

What's the most important thing you've done in your life to date?

Where are you currently employed? 

If applicable, why do you want to leave?

In which of the following are you proficient?
Software:
Photoshop   Illustrator   Fireworks   Freehand
Dreamweaver   Homesite   FrontPage   Visual Studio
Flash   Director   Authorware  
PageMaker   Quark   Acrobat   GoLive
3ds max   Softimage   Maya   Alias
Final Cut Pro   DVD Studio Pro   QuickTime
Media 100   Avid   Cleaner  AfterEffects   Premiere
Sound Forge   Acid   Performer

Programming:
HTML   XHTML   CSS   SQL   MySQL   Access  
.NET   VB   C#   ASP (Active Server Pages)   Oracle
C++   Java Javascript   Perl   PHP   Ruby on Rails  
Cold Fusion

Miscellaneous:
Windows   UNIX   Linux   Macintosh
Microsoft Office   Quickbooks   Networking

Any other software or hardware proficiencies?

Briefly explain 2 problems you've faced and how you've brilliantly solved them.

Who's your favorite cartoon character and why?

What three elements pertaining to the online world do you believe give it advantage over non-Internet forms of marketing?
1. 
2. 
3. 

What are your three biggest weaknesses (other than working too hard to please your employer)?
1. 
2. 
3. 

What's the biggest mistake you've ever made at work, and what, if anything, did you learn from it?

What do you like most about meeting new people?

What do you think other people's biggest misconception is about YOU?

What's one thing about you that your friends would be surprised to learn?

What 3 websites do you visit at least weekly?
1. 
2. 
3. 

You are crossing a remote, barren desert. You encounter a man -- dead, naked, and lying face down in the sand -- holding a lone drinking straw in his hand. What happened?

Monthly gross salary range of previous position:
less (slave!)  $1,000-2,000  $2,000-3,000
$3,000-4,000  $4,000-5,000  $5,000-6,000
$6,000-7,000  $7,000-8,000  more (liar!)

Rate yourself (1 = not really....4 = really)

creative  1  2  3  4

leader  1  2  3  4

team player  1  2  3  4

competitive  1  2  3  4

ego-riddled  1  2  3  4

flexible  1  2  3  4

passionate  1  2  3  4

writer  1  2  3  4

editor  1  2  3  4

organizer  1  2  3  4

problem solver  1  2  3  4



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