Sourcing Contest! - Boolean Strings Network2024-03-29T10:19:15Zhttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/forum/topics/sourcing-contest?commentId=2748775%3AComment%3A92624&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi lulia
Re: Tudor Trufinesc…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-09-11:2748775:Comment:926242012-09-11T09:11:54.586ZGeraldine Brucehttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/GeraldineBruce
<p>Hi lulia</p>
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<p>Re: Tudor Trufinescu</p>
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<p>As I've said before, I am not a sourcing guru but I am dogged and, as a result, my searching is not pretty and involves so many convolutions that I'm not always able to retrace my steps exactly. I'm sure Irina has a two step process to do what it takes me hours and 500 steps to do. Another excellent reason to sign up for the People Certification Sourcing Programme!!</p>
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<p>To answer your question:</p>
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<p>1. I am…</p>
<p>Hi lulia</p>
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<p>Re: Tudor Trufinescu</p>
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<p>As I've said before, I am not a sourcing guru but I am dogged and, as a result, my searching is not pretty and involves so many convolutions that I'm not always able to retrace my steps exactly. I'm sure Irina has a two step process to do what it takes me hours and 500 steps to do. Another excellent reason to sign up for the People Certification Sourcing Programme!!</p>
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<p>To answer your question:</p>
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<p>1. I am using a free account</p>
<p>2. One profile for Tudor is not in my network and one is a 3rd connection</p>
<p>3. I ran a number of searches like these:</p>
<p>site:linkedin.com "current * * ninja at microsoft"</p>
<p>site:linkedin.com "* * ninja at microsoft"</p>
<p>site:linkedin.com "title * * ninja at microsoft"</p>
<p>4. I collected profiles that fit and then cross referenced inside LinkedIn and collected some more</p>
<p>5. I plugged the data on the "LinkedIn Member" profiles (i.e. no name) back into Google and "unmasked" them</p>
<p>6. Tudor's was the hardest to find because he had a title (Development Lead) and a current descriptor (Ninja)</p>
<p>7. I ended up back in LinkedIn and trying all sorts of combinations. Putting "Development Lead" OR Ninja in TITLE wasn't working, neither did "Development Lead" in TITLE and Ninja in keyword or visa versa</p>
<p>8. Eventually, I put “development lead” ninja in KEYWORD</p>
<p>9. I narrowed the location to USA (the hidden profile said the person was located in Seattle" and then chose "3<sup>rd</sup> connections and everyone else"</p>
<p>10. This brought up 2 profiles - Bob H and the mystery profile</p>
<p>11. I opened Bob's profile and found Tudor Trufinescu in "Viewers of this profile also viewed.." </p>
<p>12. I then put Tudor's name into the Linkedin People Search box and Tudor came up twice and had BING platform team in his 2<sup>nd</sup> profile</p>
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<p>There are probably a thousand easier ways to get the same result and I'd love it if you all shared your method.</p>
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<p>Geraldine</p> Hi lulia
I'll answer part on…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-09-10:2748775:Comment:926112012-09-10T20:47:53.113ZGeraldine Brucehttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/GeraldineBruce
<p>Hi lulia</p>
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<p>I'll answer part one now and part 2 tomorrow. It is late here in South Africa and I have work tomorrow :)</p>
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<p>1. I opened the Accenture link and copied all the email addresses</p>
<p>2. I pasted them into Excel and then sorted the data and removed the non-email info</p>
<p>3. Then I saved the file as a comma delimited file (.csv)</p>
<p>4. I uploaded the file into LinkedIn Contacts and LinkedIn then marks those who have a LinkedIn profile (see attached…</p>
<p>Hi lulia</p>
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<p>I'll answer part one now and part 2 tomorrow. It is late here in South Africa and I have work tomorrow :)</p>
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<p>1. I opened the Accenture link and copied all the email addresses</p>
<p>2. I pasted them into Excel and then sorted the data and removed the non-email info</p>
<p>3. Then I saved the file as a comma delimited file (.csv)</p>
<p>4. I uploaded the file into LinkedIn Contacts and LinkedIn then marks those who have a LinkedIn profile (see attached file)</p>
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<p></p> Hi Franklin
I probably found…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-09-10:2748775:Comment:927622012-09-10T18:43:03.312ZGeraldine Brucehttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/GeraldineBruce
<p>Hi Franklin</p>
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<p>I probably found the answer the long way around but here it is:</p>
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<p>1. I identified each of the four connections:Malgorzata Olejniczak, Paula Szczepańska, Agnieszka Krobicka and Nadia Gorbacheva.</p>
<p>2. They were all connected to Tomasz Drabik</p>
<p>3. My next search string was </p>
<p>site:linkedin.com "tomasz drabik" intitle:LION</p>
<p>4. There were 3 results and I just matched the photo in the screen grab to Joanna Rys</p>
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<p>This string…</p>
<p>Hi Franklin</p>
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<p>I probably found the answer the long way around but here it is:</p>
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<p>1. I identified each of the four connections:Malgorzata Olejniczak, Paula Szczepańska, Agnieszka Krobicka and Nadia Gorbacheva.</p>
<p>2. They were all connected to Tomasz Drabik</p>
<p>3. My next search string was </p>
<p>site:linkedin.com "tomasz drabik" intitle:LION</p>
<p>4. There were 3 results and I just matched the photo in the screen grab to Joanna Rys</p>
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<p>This string also brought her up but I wouldn't have been able to connect her to the people in the screen grab</p>
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<p>site:linkedin.com sourcer | sourcing krakow poland inurl:in | inurl:pub -inurl:dir -inurl:title intitle:LION</p>
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<p>As I said before, I am a novice sourcer so this is probably not the correct (or easiest) way to find the answer. It's just how I did it.</p>
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<p>Geraldine</p> Geraldine, that was great! I…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-09-10:2748775:Comment:922202012-09-10T16:25:00.200ZFranklin Premrajhttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/FranklinPremraj
<p>Geraldine, that was great! I have a quick question for you, How did you find the answer Joanna Rys for (What is the name of the person whose connections are shown here) Please help....</p>
<p>Geraldine, that was great! I have a quick question for you, How did you find the answer Joanna Rys for (What is the name of the person whose connections are shown here) Please help....</p> Irina asked me to post the s…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-09-10:2748775:Comment:923782012-09-10T07:03:29.485ZGeraldine Brucehttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/GeraldineBruce
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<li>Irina asked me to post the solutions to the Level 1 and 2 Sourcing Questions. Here they are:</li>
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<p><b>Level One</b></p>
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<p>1.How many people currently working at Microsoft have the word Ninja in their current title on LinkedIn?</p>
<p><b>Answer: Eight or Nine (If you count Shish Shridar – see below)</b></p>
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<li><b>Karisma Williams – Senior UI/UX Ninja at Microsoft Game Studios</b></li>
<li><b>David Salamon – Windows Phone Demo Ninja</b></li>
<li><b>Anya…</b></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Irina asked me to post the solutions to the Level 1 and 2 Sourcing Questions. Here they are:</li>
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<p><b>Level One</b></p>
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<p>1.How many people currently working at Microsoft have the word Ninja in their current title on LinkedIn?</p>
<p><b>Answer: Eight or Nine (If you count Shish Shridar – see below)</b></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Karisma Williams – Senior UI/UX Ninja at Microsoft Game Studios</b></li>
<li><b>David Salamon – Windows Phone Demo Ninja</b></li>
<li><b>Anya Minbiole (Ulitskaya) – Digital Marketing Ninja</b></li>
<li><b>Stephen Averro – SLA Calc Ninja</b></li>
<li><b>Tess Ferrandez – Inspiration Ninja</b></li>
<li><b>Boris Erikson – Enforcement Unicorn Ninja</b></li>
<li><b>Juan Carlos Arevalo Baeza – Emulation Ninja</b></li>
<li><b>Tudor Trufinescu - Development Lead at Microsoft (also says Ninja)</b><ul>
<li><b>Shish Shridar – Has a number of “Current” job profiles, one of which is Ninja – If we count him, the total is 9</b></li>
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<p>2.There is a Racquetball League site that lists a person who works (or used to work?) at ToysRUs. What is his job title?</p>
<p><strong>Answer: Matt <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/h/106bxlogeegt6/?&v=b&cs=wh&to=Woods---WoodsM@ToysRUs.com/845-782-1734/973-617-5454" target="_blank">Woods---WoodsM@ToysRUs.com/845-782-1734/973-617-5454</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>From Town of Ramapo Racquetball</strong></p>
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<p>3. How many members of the site <a href="http://www.meritalk.com/" target="_blank">http://www.meritalk.com/</a> are women?</p>
<p><b>Answer: Meritalk: gender+female = 544</b></p>
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<p>4. Does Google accept the operator NOT (capitalized)?</p>
<p><b>Answer: No. I tried</b></p>
<p><b><i>Insurance –Life</i> (Got Car, Travel and Household insurance results)</b></p>
<p><b><i>Insurance NOT Life</i> (Brings up Life Insurance results and finds the word NOT)</b></p>
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<p>5. What is the last name of the Zone II Director of the National Pharmaceutical Association?</p>
<p><b>Answer: Hanesworth</b></p>
<p><b>Erica Hanesworth, PharmD, BCPS</b></p>
<p>Zone II Director</p>
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<p><b>Level Two</b></p>
<ul>
<li>There are several people with the current title including the word Ninja, working at Microsoft, on LinkedIn. One of them works in software development, is involved with Bing, lives in Seattle, and has one duplicate profile on LinkedIn. What is his last name? When did he join Microsoft (year)?</li>
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<p><b>Answer: "Tudor Trufinescu" Joined Microsoft in January 2002. Duplicate Profile. Lives in Seattle. Part of BING platform Team</b></p>
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<ul>
<li>Does any type of Google search (including its special searches) have these operators?</li>
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<li><i>inpublisher:</i></li>
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<p><b><i>Answer:</i> Advanced Patent Search</b></p>
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<li><i>near:</i> </li>
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<p><b>Answer: was used in a proximity search but doesn’t seem to have much effect on a Google Search</b></p>
<ol start="3">
<li><i>infile:</i></li>
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<p><b>Answer: The infile option indicates the file to be queried. Google Advanced Book Search</b></p>
<ol start="4">
<li><i>ininventor:</i></li>
</ol>
<p><b><i>Answer:</i> Advanced Patent Search</b></p>
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<li>How many people on this list have LinkedIn profiles? <a href="http://email-format.com/d/accenture.com/" target="_blank">http://email-format.com/d/accenture.com/</a></li>
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<p><b>Answer: 47 of the Accenture people have LinkedIn profiles</b></p>
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<li>What is the name of the person whose connections are shown here: <a href="http://thebalazs.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/xray22.jpg" target="_blank">http://thebalazs.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/xray22.jpg</a>?</li>
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<p><b>Joanna Rys (LION)</b></p>
<p class="title"><b>Contractor recruitment solution to a leading global Aerospace and Defence company</b></p> Thank you, Irina
Your sourc…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-09-06:2748775:Comment:924352012-09-06T07:05:32.480ZGeraldine Brucehttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/GeraldineBruce
<p>Thank you, Irina</p>
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<p>Your sourcing competitions are always such fun. They are really challenging and I can't believe how much I learn in the process. </p>
<p>Thank you, Irina</p>
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<p>Your sourcing competitions are always such fun. They are really challenging and I can't believe how much I learn in the process. </p> Hi All,
Geraldine Bruce
is…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-09-06:2748775:Comment:923422012-09-06T02:54:21.446ZIrina Shamaevahttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/IrinaShamaeva
<p>Hi All,</p>
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<div class="ib"><a href="http://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/GeraldineBruce"></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1934530628?profile=original-21%3A183%3A183%3B%3B183&width=96&height=96&crop=1%3A1" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1934530628?profile=original-21%3A183%3A183%3B%3B183&height=96&crop=1%3A1&width=100" style="padding: 1px;" width="100"></img></a></div>
<div class="tb"><h3><a href="http://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/GeraldineBruce">Geraldine Bruce</a></h3>
<p>is the winner! Thanks to all for…</p>
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<p>Hi All,</p>
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<div class="ib"><a href="http://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/GeraldineBruce"></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1934530628?profile=original-21%3A183%3A183%3B%3B183&width=96&height=96&crop=1%3A1" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1934530628?profile=original-21%3A183%3A183%3B%3B183&height=96&crop=1%3A1&width=100" width="100" style="padding: 1px;" class="align-full"/></a></div>
<div class="tb"><h3><a href="http://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/GeraldineBruce">Geraldine Bruce</a></h3>
<p>is the winner! Thanks to all for participating.</p>
</div> Attention All: we have not re…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-09-01:2748775:Comment:915212012-09-01T19:24:21.222ZIrina Shamaevahttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/IrinaShamaeva
<p>Attention All: we have not received any complete answers and are extending the contest to Wednesday September 5th, 2012.</p>
<p><a href="http://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/Andrea" target="_self">Andrea Mitchell</a> is the only one who has solved the Master level question above.</p>
<p>Attention All: we have not received any complete answers and are extending the contest to Wednesday September 5th, 2012.</p>
<p><a href="http://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/Andrea" target="_self">Andrea Mitchell</a> is the only one who has solved the Master level question above.</p> Here is an alternative Master…tag:booleanstrings.ning.com,2012-08-31:2748775:Comment:918292012-08-31T16:50:32.571ZIrina Shamaevahttps://booleanstrings.ning.com/profile/IrinaShamaeva
<p>Here is an alternative <strong>Master level question</strong> that is also a little easier:<br/><span>Find out as many names and email addresses of consultants on this list as you can: </span><a target="blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epharmafacts%2Ecom%2Fconsultants%2Four-consultants&urlhash=ea9n&_t=tracking_disc" rel="nofollow">http://www.pharmafacts.com/consultants/our-consultants</a></p>
<p>Here is an alternative <strong>Master level question</strong> that is also a little easier:<br/><span>Find out as many names and email addresses of consultants on this list as you can: </span><a target="blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epharmafacts%2Ecom%2Fconsultants%2Four-consultants&urlhash=ea9n&_t=tracking_disc" rel="nofollow">http://www.pharmafacts.com/consultants/our-consultants</a></p>