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Software job interview

  • 22-02-2009 12:27pm
    #1
    랴연
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭


    Hey lads,
    Got an interview tomorrow for a C++ developer for a company that make GPS software.

    Anyways, anyone got some good advice on what to do ? What to prepare for ?

    I have been brushing up on my coding but that's about it.

    Any help is appreciated.


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  • #2
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    랴연 wrote: »
    Hey lads,
    Got an interview tomorrow for a C++ developer for a company that make GPS software.

    Anyways, anyone got some good advice on what to do ? What to prepare for ?

    I have been brushing up on my coding but that's about it.

    Any help is appreciated.

    It really depends on whether you are having a technical intrerview or if it is a fit the company style interview. So you should really prepare for both.

    Bone up on the company, it's history, the markets it is involved in. Prepare some questions about the future of the company in the current climate.

    Sounds like you've been covering the technical side of things but you might have HR people on the panel that dont care about technical stuff and want to look at your personality and presentation. Scrub up well, get some good sleep before hand, and have questions prepared, not just for the sake of having them....but to see if the company suits you also. It's not a time where we can be picky about jobs, but you dont want to end up in a job that you will hate not becuase of the work but the environment.

    If you've had a coding job before, make sure you put a mental list together of platforms, languages, software and tools that you have used. Or if you are fresh out of college, make a list of what you have used there and what outside the curriculum you worked with yourself for projects etc.


  • #3
    MrJones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 468 ✭✭MrJones


    랴연 wrote: »
    Hey lads,
    Got an interview tomorrow for a C++ developer for a company that make GPS software.

    Anyways, anyone got some good advice on what to do ? What to prepare for ?

    I have been brushing up on my coding but that's about it.

    Any help is appreciated.

    more than likely they will be looking for someone who can learn and solve problems as opposed to what languages you have.
    a common question is - to go through a project you did successfully in your last job.
    Prepare for the obvious interview questions as well


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