IT Job Interview

Money… that’s what this is all about. Unfortunately, business owners don’t hire you simply to give you their money. The surest way to not get a job is to ring up and ask how much it is paying.

The second best way to miss out on the job is to ask how much you will be paid in the first interview. Either wait for the final interview or until you have received a job offer. Besides, your research of the industry should already give you an indication of how much to expect. (more…)

After-interview fallow-up play an important role to help you stand out and get hired, that’s simply because majority of candidates don’t do it. It is such a great way to distinguish you from the rest of the pool. Why most people (maybe include you) don’t follow up? Because they are afraid of rejection, and rejection hurts.

Let’s face it. Rejection is an unfortunate part of the job-hunting journey everyone gets, so don’t take it personally. You don’t lose anything by follow-up but you have a lot to gain even if you get rejection in return. If the answer is no, forget it and move on. By all means, you used this opportunity to practice you communication skills, which would benefit you in the long run.

How to follow up, then? (more…)

First, let’s admit the fact, many job seekers lie in interview, and they get good jobs with no problem. Sounds like a good deal? It might be, but the risk is not tiny. After all, lying is not a good practice. Thus my suggestion is, do not lie. Instead, hide facts. Facts are the truth, but you don’t have to tell the truth if the facts don’t make any good to you. Last but not least, don’t lie on obvious things, that means, don’t call black white. (more…)

Experts cannot be wrong. Human Resources personnel, professional recruiters and various other career experts all agree: one of the best ways to prepare yourself for a job interview is to anticipate questions, develop your answers, and practice, practice, practice.

This website provides lists of popular IT job interview questions, and more importantly, the winning answers. Knowing the types of questions to expect can be very useful. But knowing how to answer those questions can mean the difference between getting the job and getting the “reject letter.”

Here’s the recommended strategy to help you win the job interview: (more…)

Have you heard this old marketing tip: “Facts tell but stories sell.”

In fact, a job interview is nothing but a market where you can sell yourself.  By practicing this tip in responding to interview questions, you should always expand on your answer and offer specific examples wherever possible.  When preparing interview, you need to craft the answers with a short story that gives specific examples of your experiences.  However, your story must be short because you don’t want to ramble or take up too much time, so that your story should be brief but still make your point. (more…)

Sometimes interviews do ask odd, inappropriate, or even illegal interview question like:

“How old are you?”
“Are you married?”
“Do you have children?”
“Do you have a stable personal life?” (more…)

Q. How do you handle stress?

Notice how this question is subtly different to “can you handle stress?” Reply with: “I break my work down into smaller steps and work through those steps rather than get worked up over the bigger picture.”

Or: “I tend to see problems arising before they become too large to handle and I make contingencies to cover them.” (more…)

Many career experts would tell you the same strategy: keep the interviewer’s perspective in mind, which means you must try your best to answer interviewer’s “what’s in it for Me?” question.

While many questions asked during job interviews appear to focus on your past accomplishments, here’s an important tip: they may be asking about what you did, but what they really want to know is what you can do now, for them. (more…)

M: You’ve said before that your techniques are just as effective in interviews. Tell me about that.

A: Well this friend got the interview… he rang me the day before and told me that the interviewers were really looking forward to meeting him… that they were impressed with the application and had never seen anything like it before. So obviously we had to work out how to handle the interview… that is the next part of the equation and Job Secrets Revealed covers that too. (more…)

The key to successful interview is preparation – you must do your homework to know something about the hiring company. Yes, a lot of people skip this step, but if you do, you get better chance for a job offer. When you know more about the company, you can demonstrate a convincing fit between your qualifications and the company’s job requirements easily. And of course, you can give a better answer for the common question “What do you know about out company?” (more…)