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| waXology |
| quote: | Originally posted by eRRaTiK
the key to interviews is to be prepared for them. go search the net for behavioural/interview questions and run through some of them before the interview, and come up with some sort of idea as to how you might respond (with specific examples).
though you might not get the exact question during the interview, at least you would have gone through the mental preparation to handle those type of questions.
good luck! |
yeah im doing that... but not to the extent of making up ansers, cause i dont want to make myself to be someone im not, but i know thats not what your saying...
being prepared, so ill do some study tonight.... |
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| [ groovypants ] |
Good Luck on the interview Wax! ;)
Make sure you are on top of things on the technical side too, usually [in more cases] the 2nd interview is where they hit you with the geeky stuff.
3rd interview is where they usually show you around the place and get more detailed with the company.
I've been to too many interviews :( a close one was when I applied for this Assistant Network Admin job, I went through all 3 interviews. Almost 200 people applied, then it got cut down to about 20 or something, and finally 5 people. I just missed out, blah if only those 4 people didnt show up hah. :wtf:
Now, when you get this job, get me in too hehehe :p
I tried to crack into IT in late 2001 - early 2002, but the industry was seriously fux0r back then :( ... now instead, I'm stuck @ a retail sales job, selling mobile phones and other wireless gadgets and putting up with ignorant customers :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
Will give another crack @ it early 2004.
/end selfish rant :rolleyes: :toothless |
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| Paulie |
| At least you're getting to interview stage, and ing up will only help you're cause. Ive been going 3 months trying to find full time work and not even an interview to show. So don't despair Cam, good luck for future interviews and you're bound to learn from you're mistakes. |
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| escee |
| channel 10 news told me yesterday that 94% of uni graduates get a full time job within 4 months paulie. |
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| Hyperdimension |
Cam, I remember when I was in your shoes.
Confidence and a genuine-looking smile are important.
Sharp wit would be good too. :)
Hmmm actually these things will help with anything in life!
If you're not a smooth talker, then prepare and rehearse lines.
Write down the questions they may ask and write and memorise answers, or at least key words. You need to be able to speak the way they do - learn the terminology, the formal powerful corporate-speak, not street-talk or student-style slang.
My first job was as a technician in Optima getting $5/h while I was still at university attending night classes.
In my final year of university (2000) I went through the graduate recruitment program and got 6 interviews, and PricewaterhouseCoopers accepted me for a 2nd round, which was actually a whole day of 5 interviews. That was daunting, I think everything was examined, even behaviour during the lunch they provided. The interviewers were senior people, some important big-shots. There was no use getting nervous having come that far, so I had to brainwash myself to think of myself as superior and sharp and strong-minded, and to smile. i.e. feel and act confident. Yes, attitude has a lot to do with success, it's one of the first and most important things required. There were also tests of language, mathematics and abstract things (shapes, visual patterns, etc) i.e. like IQ tests. I did well in them. I had prepared beforehand as much as I could... I did some online IQ tests (http://www.queendom.com) though I don't think the actual IQ scores they give are accurate (135 is too high!).
A corporate IT career is not always as bright and rosy as one may think... but you may find that out when you're in and running on the hamster wheel. Anyway, everything is relative, and it's probably human nature to never be satisfied. Ironically, never being satisfied and wanting more is what can drive us to continue to succeed further. If you are completely satisfied, you will not grow. |
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