5 Things to Never Do in an IT Job Interview

When applying for an IT job, your interview is arguably the most important factor that determines your chances of success. A good interview could exponentially increase your chances of getting the job. Thus, it is essential to pay attention to the do's and don'ts of an interview. Here are the five things you should never do in an IT job interview. 1. Showing up Unprepared No interviewer likes a know-it-all. What they hate even more is ignorance. Do not go to a meeting without having a fair idea of the questions the interviewer might ask you. Do some research [...]

10 Things to do to Prepare for an IT Interview

As businesses continue to invest in IT, the demand for IT experts has increased over the years. This is why IT recruiting has become a bit more complex than how it used to be only a few years ago. Companies expect the candidates to be well versed with not only the basics of IT but also with a wide variety of complexities. If you want to get a decent IT-related job and have an interview, you must make sure you do not make any stupid mistakes. Moreover, you must try to give your best as the competition has become tougher [...]

Keys to Finding the Right Tech Talent

Although the tech job market is brimming with eager and keen applicants, we are still living in an age where organizations of all sizes are competing viciously to hire exceptional tech staff. Competition for top tech talent has been intense and extreme due to the massive imbalance that exists between the number of qualified and competent applicants (low) and the number of vacancies that need to be filled (high). There are certain key things a company can do to find the right tech talent and change that balance in their favor. This demand/supply anomaly, which is peculiar to the [...]

How to Have a Better IT Recruiting Team

We hear it every day. We hear it from software developers, project managers and infrastructure people. Most IT people do not like IT recruiters. They view them as a necessary evil. There are some common reasons why we hear it: Most IT recruiters are just looking for a few key phrases in your resume. Many IT recruiters have no clue about how the technology works. For example, they get that a lot of .NET developers have Angular on their resume, but they have no idea how the two fit together. Several IT staffing companies hire very inexperienced people as [...]

How to Ace that IT interview – Part 1

We see very few companies give their people, outside of HR, training on interviewing. For most IT positions, the company IT manager or programmer conducting the interview has not done a lot of interviewing. They inevitably ask questions they have been asked when they were job searching.  This gives the candidate a great opportunity to influence the interview process in your favor. We are not talking about some machiavillain twist. Understanding where the company is coming from and learning what questions to ask can help you make a great impression in the IT interview. Here are some things to [...]