Author: Gary Jacek
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:51 am (GMT 5.5)
Let me be a bit cynical here.
If you spend your time studying interview questions, then you are perpetrating a lie to your potential employer.
On the other hand, if you know one or a few technologies very well, you can answer virtually any question posed about them.
If you freely admit that you don't know some other product but are itching for the chance to learn it, that potential employer may recognize both honesty and initiative. If they don't, perhaps you don't want to work there because they can neither recognize nor reward honesty and initiative.
We recently interviewed a candidate who demonstrated to our SMEs that she knew enough about DB2 and SMPE to get the job done. But she impressed us even more because she wanted to learn CICS, IMS and/or MQ to broaden her scope. In a field of about 20 candidates she stood out for this reason. For us, someone who can know a couple of technologies well and stay afloat across a few others is golden.
Yes, she got the job and is working out very well.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:51 am (GMT 5.5)
Let me be a bit cynical here.
If you spend your time studying interview questions, then you are perpetrating a lie to your potential employer.
On the other hand, if you know one or a few technologies very well, you can answer virtually any question posed about them.
If you freely admit that you don't know some other product but are itching for the chance to learn it, that potential employer may recognize both honesty and initiative. If they don't, perhaps you don't want to work there because they can neither recognize nor reward honesty and initiative.
We recently interviewed a candidate who demonstrated to our SMEs that she knew enough about DB2 and SMPE to get the job done. But she impressed us even more because she wanted to learn CICS, IMS and/or MQ to broaden her scope. In a field of about 20 candidates she stood out for this reason. For us, someone who can know a couple of technologies well and stay afloat across a few others is golden.
Yes, she got the job and is working out very well.
