IT recruiting
Ask This Question at the End of Your IT Job Interviews
The questions you’ll ask your interviewers at the end of interviews need them to accomplish a couple things. Obviously they should inform you. IT staffing agencies would never recommend you ask a question you don’t really care about the answer to. It will always come across as fake and make a bad impression on your interviewer. …
Read MoreDon't Forget to Do This Before Your IT Job Interviews
If your IT recruiters set you up for IT job interviews, you’ve probably spent plenty of time preparing. You probably studied relevant technologies and practiced answering the questions your technical recruiters told you to be prepared for. You probably got background info on the company, both via your own research and from your IT staffing…
Read MoreIs Your Email Address Hurting Your IT Job Search?
If you’re ready to start working with IT recruiters to find a new IT role, you’ve probably already started doing the usual things in preparation. You’ve polished your IT resume, you’ve updated your LinkedIn profile with any new IT jobs, and you’ve started reaching out to IT staffing firms. There might be one step you’re…
Read More2 Insider Tips About IT Job Hunting
Sometimes it helps to get a bit of a hiring manager’s perspective as you work with IT recruiters to land your next role. Here are two things that IT staffing firms see that are more ‘behind the scenes’ (but will still be very relevant to IT professionals). Even if your technical skills are perfect, you may…
Read MoreWhy It’s Important to Be Pleasant in IT Job Interviews
When your IT recruiters help you prepare for job interviews, they’ll usually go over things like what technologies you should brush up on or the main responsibilities of the role. What your IT staffing companies probably assume (and hope) you already know about are the soft skills necessary for interviewing for IT jobs. Probably one…
Read MoreDon’t Do This in IT Job Interviews
Here’s one way to guarantee that your IT recruiters hear that you aren’t getting the role: badmouth any of your bosses, coworkers, or end-users/clients. While most technical recruiters mention this at some point to candidates, there are still a staggering number of IT professionals who forget this advice in interviews. Why is this a terrible…
Read MoreDid You Make This Mistake in Your IT Job Interview?
You might have done everything right as you prepared with your IT recruiters for your interviews. You might have done the research, practiced answering questions your technical recruiters suggested, and prepared some good questions to ask the interviewer. Maybe your IT staffing firms got some bad feedback anyways and you didn’t land the role. What…
Read MoreHow To Describe Yourself in IT Job Interviews
One question that IT recruiting firms will want you to be ready for in IT job interviews is something along the lines of ‘How would you describe yourself ?’ (A common variation on this is ‘How would your colleagues describe you?’). There are a lot of ways to answer this question, of course. It’s worth knowing, though, that there…
Read MoreDon’t Be Thrown Off by This Tricky IT Job Interview Question
It’s very common for IT recruiters to hear that the candidates they work with get a little thrown off by questions in interviews. Sometimes even if you’ve prepared with your technical recruiters and on your own, you get asked a question you weren’t expecting. Here’s one question (and the answer) that IT staffing companies find…
Read More2 Questions You Should Never Ask in IT Job Interviews
Most IT professionals hear from their IT recruiters and IT staffing companies that it’s really important to be prepared to ask questions at the end of IT job interviews. While technical recruiters and IT recruiting agencies would rather you ask pretty much any question rather than none, there are some questions that are truly detrimental. …
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