From: kdang@pyrman2.pyramid.com (Khanh Dang)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Re: [MISC] Interview Tips?
Date: 15 Apr 92 19:14:52 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.185823.18661@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>, jnle@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (C.N.M.T.) writes:
> 
> +--------------- Tran Cuong Nguyen Posting for a friend -----------------+
> | 
> | Cha`o ca'c ba.n,
> | 	To^i la` Tru+.c , graduated ta.i Uni of Wollongong (Australia) 
> | hie^.n -dang tha^'t nghie^.p. Tho+`i buo^?i ba^y gio+` muo^'n ti`m vie^.c
> | thie^.t la` kho'. To much competition and so litle of opportunities. 
> | Khi qua -duo+.c cu+?a a?i -da^`u tie^n (short list) thi -de^'n interview.
> | Tho^ng thu+o+`, ne^'u qua -du+o+.c ca'i interview thi` co' hy vo.ng. Nhu+~ng
> | ai -da~ tu+`ng -du+o+.c interview -de^`u bie^'t nhu+~ng ca?m gia'c -do' ca? .
> | Ho^` ho^.p, run, u' o+' no'i 0 ra lo+`i, etc... Ne^'u chua^?n bi. ky~ tru+o+'c
> | thi` co' the^? thoa't kho?i . 
> | 	Cho ne^n Tru+.c muo^'n la^.p 1 ca'i list -de^? chua^?n bi. khi -di
> | interview, va` cu~ng -de^? cho netters -dang kie^'m (hoa(.c sa('p su+a? kie^'m) vie^.c
> | Hy vo.ng nhu+~ng ba.n na`o co' kinh ngie^.m -do'ng go'p the^m. Ngu+~ng ca'i
> | nhu+ standard questions & and suggest answers (for comp science jobs),
> | technique, tips, advice etc...all welcome.
> | 
> | Here is the some typical questions:
> | Q: What is your strength/weakness ?
> | Q: What do you see yourself in 5/10 years ?
> | Q: Do you know about systems life cycle?
> | Q: What is databases ?
> | 
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> 
> I have been working in the software engineering field (CS major) for
> 11 years and have interviewed many college graduates over the years
> and here are what I use to judge the potential candidates:
> 
>   1. YOUR RESUME, EDUCATION BACKGROUNDS, GPA, ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATION...
> 
>      - Your resume must be neat, well-organized (easy to read) and be
>        free of spelling mistakes.  A poor-written, poor-organized
>        resume shows that you are NOT an effective communicator.  This
>        factor is very important to lots of companies.
> 
>      - Your education backgrounds tell me if you have the background
>        needed to learn or do the job required that my group is looking
>        for.
> 
>      - GPA tells me if you are serious in what you learn, chances are
>        if you don't take things seriously in school work (at least a B 
>        GPA=>3.0/4.0) then you may not take work as seriously either.
> 
>      - Organization participation shows us that you like to get
>        involved with people & things at a higher level than just
>        personal work, TEAMWORK is highly valued in any big corporation.
> 
>    2. YOUR APPEARANCE
> 
>       As an interviewee, you should impress the interviewer, but do
>       not overdo it as some interviewers (they are as much people as
>       you and I) may think that you are nothing but the outside.
>       Your neatness shows that you care about yourself thus you tend
>       to care about what you do at work.
> 
>    3. YOUR CONFIDENT LEVEL
> 
>       Confident level is probably the MOST POWERFUL tool you can use to
>       impress the interviewer regardless of your backgrounds/appearance.
>       High confident level must be applied to both your KNOWLEDGE and
>       SPEAKING to give you an edge over other candidates.  A person
>       with high confident level shows me that he/she CAN perform
>       the assignment, take risks, start his/her own initiatives to
>       get things done. 
> 
>       - YOUR KNOWLEDGE: know exactly what you are talking about, do not
>         make things up as you go along, people interviewing you knows
>         if you are faking it or not.  Know what the companies you are
>         interviewing with are looking for, the products that they
>         make/sell.  Your research into the insight of the companies
>         will pay off as they will tend to think that you are serious
>         about considering a career with their companies.  When they
>         ask you a question, reply with confidence.  Do not just answer
>         "I don't know" when they ask you a tough question.  The art
>         of interviewing is ASK the question when you don't know.  For
>         example, if the interviewer asks: "Have you ever heard of our
>         software product XZY?"  You should answer: "No, but it must be
>         exciting!  Could you tell me a little bit about it?"  As you
>         can see, you just return the fast curve ball back to the other
>         side of the court and it makes the interviewer thinks you ARE
>         interested in their product and may make a good contributor
>         if you are offered a job.
> 
>       - YOUR SPEAKING: speak slowly, calmly, clearly and to the
>         point.  If you speak too fast, they may think you're just a
>         talker and not a doer.  Use proper terminology as much as
>         possible, it shows you can distinguish differences in a highly
>         technical field, thus you have depth and not just breadth.
>         It's also important that you use proper English when speaking.
> 
> 
> These are basically what an interviewer may look for from a candidate.
> If anyone would like to receive an article on how potential employers
> screen resume', let me know.  If there is enough interest, I'll post
> it here.  It was a very good article I save from "misc.jobs.offered"
> newsgroup.  Hope the above information helps.  Good luck to all who
> are looking for jobs.  Keep your faith.
> 
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