Posts Tagged ‘technical recruiters’
This May Help You in IT Job Interviews
When you’re working with IT staffing companies to find new IT jobs, you might be intimidated by your interviewers and future employers. It’s worth knowing, though, that often they aren’t comparing you against the detailed checklist you might expect. While interviewers can always give your technical recruiters a good basic idea of who they need to hire,…
Read MoreDon't Get Caught Off Guard by These 3 IT Job interview Practices
Sometimes when you’re working with IT recruiters to find new IT jobs, you might encounter some surprises. Here are 3 parts of the job interview process that IT staffing agencies find surprise candidates – and how to deal with them. Coding tests: Your IT staffing firms will usually be able to at least warn you…
Read MoreMake This Mistake and You'll Totally Blow Your IT Job Interviews
Most IT recruiters have had at least one IT professional who bombs an interview unexpectedly. Perhaps they don’t know as much about certain technologies as they thought, or perhaps they don’t know as much about interview etiquette as they (and their technical recruiters) thought. There is one mistake that will instantly kill an interview and…
Read MoreA Surprising IT Resume Mistake
IT recruiters see a lot of good resumes, but they also see plenty of bad resumes. One mistake that technical recruiters see far too often is when IT professionals include references on their resumes. Here are a couple reasons why IT staffing firms and hiring managers don’t want to see your references on your IT…
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 More1 Way to Stand Out in IT Job Interviews
In interviews for IT jobs, IT recruiters can tell you a million ways to make sure you stand out to your interviewers. Here’s one way you can make a big impression and ensure that your IT recruiting firms get some good feedback about you as a candidate: Make sure to tell a story or two…
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 Things You Should Ask About in Your IT Job Interviews
There are a lot of factors that IT professionals use to decide what IT jobs they want to interview for and what they tell their IT recruiters they’d like to pass on. Here are 2 factors that you may not have on the wish list you give your technical recruiters and IT staffing agencies, but are…
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