iam a B.E -electronics & communication student . i would like to enter I.T field . help me in my interview preparation.
1, tell me the interview pattern involved
2, what a fresher need to know to attend an interview . is c programming is enough
3,for aptitude test what r the books i need to read
4,what r the other rounds usually available , what i need to prepare.
pls help me in this regard with suitable books name & website address. also i need most of all companies recruitment process & interview papers (last 2 years )
Hi. I would say that you should try to get some expertise in one of the more required IT functions. e.g. C programming in an IT would be a rarity. However perl programming would be a more common requirement. Or more common still would be Oracle expertise, Cisco networking, Juniper Networking, Linux Systems administration, SAP expertise, Windows expertise, mainframe expertise, hardware expertise etc etc.
If you are intent on using C programming skills – you would be looking at more of a career say in software engineer which it quite separate from IT.
Well – you can always shoot for the moon. Trust me though, you don’t want “all companies recruitment process & interview papers” – Are you kidding?
Anyways —- One thing that comes in VERY handy at my company, to answer ALL interview questions is something that we call PARLA.
Problem “What was a problem you had”
Action “What action did you take to address it”
Result “What was the results”
Lessons “What lessons did you learn”
Apply “How did you apply these lessons in the future”
You can use this to answer many generic sounding interview questions, ranging from “what is your biggest weakness” to “tell me about a time that you didn’t work well with others”.
Basically, the company is looking for you to present yourself as someone who _learns_ from their actions, and the PARLA method will force you into an answer which demonstrates your ability to learn. Companies will like that.
Hope this helps!
p.s. Don’t write P-A-R-L-A on the whiteboard – it’ll kill the mood
p.p.s. Reponding to “IT” vs. “Software Engineer”:
Inside of the “IT industry”, there is this distinction, that “developers” are far different from “IT people”. BUT – outside of the industry, this distinction is not well-understood. I can easily tell people that I am “in IT”, despite my background in software development. But thank you for pointing it out.