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Ah, the technical interview. Nothing like it. Not only does it cause anxiety, but it causes anxiety for several different reasons.<\/p>\n
How many people will be asking questions? From experience I can tell you there\u2019s nothing like walking into a room and seeing nine people on the other side of the table. <\/p>\n
Second, what will you be asked? You\u2019ll sometimes hear people say the questions they were asked in a technical interview were \u201ceasy\u201d, which translated means \u201cthey asked me stuff I happened to know\u201d. Sometimes you\u2019ll hear people say the questions were \u201chard\u201d, which translated means \u201cthey asked me stuff I didn\u2019t know\u201d, or \u201cthey asked me about stuff I\u2019ve never even heard of\u201d.<\/p>\n
Having been on both sides of the technical interview table, I\u2019d like to share some tips for those being interviewed. In doing so, I\u2019ll share some of the more memorable interviews I\u2019ve been involved in.<\/p>\n
No good interviewer expects you to know everything. The problem is, you\u2019re not always going to be interviewed by someone who\u2019s good at it. <\/p>\n
Sometimes, the person who\u2019s giving you a technical interview was asked to do it about ten minutes before you showed up. Maybe they\u2019ve never interviewed anyone before, or maybe they\u2019re just in a bad mood. I\u2019ve heard of technical interviewers where the interviewer derided an answer, and that\u2019s totally unprofessional. I\u2019ve had many a job candidate give a bad answer to a question, and my only response was silence followed by moving on to the next question. If your interviewer mocks any of your answers, you didn\u2019t want to work there anyway.<\/p>\n
None of us know everything. If you\u2019re asked a question you just don\u2019t know the answer to, don\u2019t try to BS your way past it. This is a good opportunity to tell the interviewer how you would research that particular question. It\u2019s not about knowing everything, it\u2019s about being able to find out anything.<\/p>\n
If your interviewer acts like he\/she already dislikes you, that\u2019s because they do. I once worked with a technician who felt threatened by anyone who applied for a job there, but especially if the applicant had a professional certification and then had the nerve to know what they were doing.<\/p>\n
This technician participated in a group technical interview where the applicant was an incredibly bright guy, and had a particular skill that the department really needed. Problem was, the technician considered himself \u201cthe man\u201d when it came to that skill. Recipe for disaster, right?<\/p>\n
The applicant fielded four questions from the rest of us flawlessly, then faced this particular tech for a question. The threatened tech had a list of questions for the interview, but decided to ad lib. Big mistake. He asked a convoluted question that Rube Goldberg would have been proud of. When he was done, the applicant answered:<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t do what you just described.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tech started defending his question, and it became obvious that he hadn\u2019t been able to follow his own question! The interview went into a bit of a meltdown from there.<\/p>\n
Realize right now that there are some unprofessional people out there giving technical interviews. Be prepared for it, but remain professional yourself.<\/p>\n
The best technical interviewers find a way to get you in front of the technology you\u2019ll be working with. A great way to quickly find out whether you know what you\u2019re talking about is to ask you to actually perform common and perhaps some not-so-common tasks. We can talk about technology and take all the computer-based exams we want, but it all comes down to performance. Be prepared to prove you belong on your interview day.<\/p>\n Be professional:<\/strong> This covers a lot of ground, so let me make a quick list for you.<\/p>\n Show up 15 minutes early:<\/strong> Nothing makes a technical interviewer more surly than waiting for the applicant.<\/p>\n Dress for success: The way you look when you walk into a room leads to your interviewer\u2019s first impression of you.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t chew gum during the interview:<\/strong><\/p>\n Don\u2019t be arrogant:<\/strong> Look, there\u2019s nothing wrong with having an ego and acting confident. I do, and you should. But don\u2019t come into the interview room acting like you\u2019re too good to be there.<\/p>\n Finally, relax:<\/strong> Easy to say, hard to do? Not really. Realize that the majority of interviewers you\u2019ll ever meet are going to be professional about the entire thing. The world\u2019s not going to end if you miss a question. If you were not qualified on paper for the job, you wouldn\u2019t be in there.<\/p>\n Do not look upon the interview as something negative:<\/strong> Rather, look at it as an opportunity to prove you know what you\u2019re talking about. With the proper mental attitude, your technical interview will be a springboard to the next step in your career!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ah, the technical interview. Nothing like it. Not only does it cause anxiety, but it causes anxiety for several different reasons. How many people will be asking questions? From experience I can tell you there\u2019s nothing like walking into a room and seeing nine people on the other side of the table. Second, what will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sb_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs-career"],"relative_dates":{"created":"6 years ago","modified":"2 years ago"},"yoast_head":"\n