I bombed my job interview yesterday. I spoke with the IT consultant of the company so he had all kinds of technical questions for me. Trust me, you can be the most technical person in the world but when someone starts talking programming and you don't have a computer handy you will look like an idiot. Really? asking me to write stored procedures on paper? asking me very detailed questions about .NET, ORACLE, SQL add in business terminololy like hedging, options, physical deals, risk management, actualizations, crude movements and on and on... It was bad.
Anyways, maybe I'm not ready to be paid big bucks? this is the third job interview over the last 6 months that I bombed that paid at least $100,000. It's even worse when the guy next to you at work announces that he's leaving and he got one of the jobs I interviwed for.
UGH!
OK well today I'm hoping to get a call back... but I seriously doubt it will happen. At the same time I'm thankful to have a job.
HS
Hump Day
2 hours ago
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Sorry it didn't go well. Have you considered taking a few classes just to make yourself more marketable?
YES, but unless work pays I can't really afford some of those courses, they last training session I had back in 2009 was $7,500 for 1 week.
HS
Is the problem a lack of technical skill or a lack of ability to communicate known skills? If the latter, you can get coaching on that for much less than 7.5K.
OUCH. Will your current job pick up the tab at all...usually with the understanding that you stay X number of months afterward? It may delay the new job a little, but better than paying $7500.
I think I lack the ability to communicate known skills, as soon as I get stuck in a question, I get nervous...
HS
Sorry that the interview didn't go well. One thing that I've learned as a technology consultant is that you can sometimes salvage an interview in that situation if you're just totally honest. For example you might say: I understand your question and if I were in front of a computer, I'd be able to DO what you're asking me about, but to describe how to do it in this kind of context is difficult for me. I'm a "hands on" type of person.
I've found that many times interviewers get that whole "I can do it but not talk about it" mindset if you're honest up front about it.
Stay positive - there's always something that you can work towards.
Frugal,
Great advice but I think I just started getting anxious.. I don't know if that makes sense..
Glad to know we are in the same field :)
HS
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