I've got a technical job interview in a few days and I'm wondering how to
prepare. I've already had a phone interview and explained where I'm comfortable
and where I'm weak w/r/t to the technology. The phone interviewer will not be
at the in-person interview. He said they won't necessarily be testing on syntax but
whether or not I can complete a series of steps. Or maybe explain what
steps need to be done in logical order to solve a problem.
The job description lists the ability to write advanced scripts and prepare
complex on-the-fly SQL queries. I don't meet either of those requirements but
they are evaluating me because of my experience in other areas. My
own evaluation is that I can read most shell scripts and I can write scripts
but I'll be a little slow in the beginning. My SQL experience is pretty
limited. I can do basic queries but I haven't really done much in the way of
joins and whatever is beyond that.
I did well on the soft skills or else I would not be getting an opportunity for
the in-person interview. The areas I need to consider are shell script
writing, SQL queries, and logic. The recruiter shared the evaluation with me
from the phone interview
Scripting = fair,
SQL = we will need to work on it.
I'm not trying to fool anybody as it'll be obvious very quickly what my skills
are or are not. I'm just not sure what to focus on during my time beforehand.
The job is for a Technical Support position and FWIW I've been in that area for 15+ years.
Thanks for any advice!
prepare. I've already had a phone interview and explained where I'm comfortable
and where I'm weak w/r/t to the technology. The phone interviewer will not be
at the in-person interview. He said they won't necessarily be testing on syntax but
whether or not I can complete a series of steps. Or maybe explain what
steps need to be done in logical order to solve a problem.
The job description lists the ability to write advanced scripts and prepare
complex on-the-fly SQL queries. I don't meet either of those requirements but
they are evaluating me because of my experience in other areas. My
own evaluation is that I can read most shell scripts and I can write scripts
but I'll be a little slow in the beginning. My SQL experience is pretty
limited. I can do basic queries but I haven't really done much in the way of
joins and whatever is beyond that.
I did well on the soft skills or else I would not be getting an opportunity for
the in-person interview. The areas I need to consider are shell script
writing, SQL queries, and logic. The recruiter shared the evaluation with me
from the phone interview
Scripting = fair,
SQL = we will need to work on it.
I'm not trying to fool anybody as it'll be obvious very quickly what my skills
are or are not. I'm just not sure what to focus on during my time beforehand.
The job is for a Technical Support position and FWIW I've been in that area for 15+ years.
Thanks for any advice!