Interview Tips for Information Technology Professionals

How To Write The Perfect Thank You Note After The IT Interview

A lot has changed about job interview procedures over the past couple of years. It is not uncommon to be asked to partake in in a video interview, provide links to your social networking accounts for demonstrating your personal brand, or to carry out some sample work to prove that you are competent for the job. Regardless of how the interview occurred, your chances of receiving a job offer go up tremendously if you write a personal hand-written thank you note after the interview. One thing that hasn’t changed is the need to send a thank you note to [...]

6 Tips to Do a Better IT Phone Screen

A very common interview technique for information technology hiring is the phone screen. It makes perfect sense to do phone screens early in the interview and recruiting process. It is better to exclude candidates early if they are not going to be right for your company or department. Phones screens can be tricky. You don't want to waste time on people you are not going to hire, but you don't want to  mistakenly pass on a great candidate because of a dropped call. Hear are our top tips on how to do better phone screens for information technology jobs. 1.      [...]

Bad Advice to IT Professionals – This Is How NOT to get an Offer

There is an abundance of tips and tricks out there for getting hired.  Interview tips, what to wear, what to put on your resume, etc.. No matter how unique, you probably have heard them already. Today, we flip the script. We often hear people handing out bad advice to job seekers or hear strategies that people are doing that make our skin crawl. In this article we summarize some of the bad advice and tips we hear. Do the opposite of these thing in your job search. Keep Your Resume to One Page Yes, do everything you can to keep [...]

How to Improve the Odds of Getting an IT Job Offer?

So, you have given the interview, and you believe you have done a great job. But do you think you could raise your chances of getting that job offer even higher by doing something as simple as writing a thank you note? Also called the thank you letter, it is an incredibly genius way of reminding your employers about you and increasing the odds of getting hired. If you have just given an interview, it is time you start writing a thank you note. Here are the tips to help you write a convincing one. Top Tips to Write the [...]

Questions for a Candidate to Ask in an IT Interview

One of the misconceptions in the minds of IT interview candidates is that an interview is just for them to answer questions. A candidate can also ask relevant and useful questions in the interview too. While an interviewer tries to find out your suitability for the job, there is nothing wrong for you as a candidate to know if the new company will be a good fit for you or not. So, what are the questions that you can ask as a candidate in an IT Interview? Here are some good questions to ask in an interview. Why Is [...]