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Electronic Data Interchange Interview Question - How is EDI Used? [by Claire]

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:38:26

Job Interview Questions:: Electronic Data Interchange Interview Question - How is EDI Used?
How is EDI Used?

* EDI is used as a strategic tool to reduce expenses, streamline business procedures, and create a competitive advantage.

Electronic Data Interchange Interview Question - What are EDI Drivers? [by Claire]

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:07:09

Job Interview Questions:: Electronic Data Interchange Interview Question - What are EDI Drivers?
What are EDI Drivers?

* Ability to strengthen partnerships
* Improve business processes
* A communication tool to allow new ways to do business
* A preferred way of doing business among Fortune 500 companies
* A business basic for the industry

Electronic Data Interchange Interview Question - What is EDI? [by Claire]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:21:27

Job Interview Questions:: Electronic Data Interchange Interview Question - What is EDI?
What is EDI?

* The computer-to-computer electronic exchange of machine-processable business documents in a standard format.

* An electronic alternative to paper, fax, and phone-based transactions used by companies to communicate with one another.

How to Never Be Nervous Again [by Claire]

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:17:56

Job Interview Questions:: How to Never Be Nervous Again
How to Never Be Nervous Again
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If even the thought of interviewing makes you nervous, its important to get that emotion under control. The interview is your opportunity to be at your best. If you allow nervousness to control your presentation (or lack thereof), your image may be forever shrouded in the cloud of nervousness that will block the interviewers total view of who you are.

Why do we get nervous? Because of the unknown. We are seeking approval, but we are unsure of ourselves and how we will be perceived. We are afraid we wont get approval, which makes us nervous. And to compound the problem, our increasing nervousness makes it even more difficult to gain that approval, thereby compounding the basis for our fears. Uncontrolled, nervousness can destroy our ability to effectively interview.

But it doesnt have to be that way. The following is a simple technique you can apply to overcome your nervousness in any interviewing situation. It is a technique that I personally use in overcoming my own nervousness, and it will work equally well for you.

The Successful Vagabond Technique [by Claire]

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:35:45

Job Interview Questions:: The Successful Vagabond Technique
The Successful Vagabond Technique
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There is a very simple key to successful interviewing which I learned from a couple who successfully traveled around the world on a sailboat. While not requiring a great deal of money for their journey (most of their needs were supplied by the wind and the sea), they did occasionally have need for provisions. So when they made a stopover in the port of a distant land, they would often seek short-term work, usually just enough to replenish their supplies. To compound the difficulty of this task, they were always foreigners in a foreign land, seeking limited-term work, and asking at or above the local prevailing wage. Yet they were always successful.

Their secret? Confidence. Simple confidence. Confidence in who they were. Confidence in what they could do. I can do this job and do it well. They did not go begging for work. They would walk into a company with confidence that they would be able to make an immediate contribution. Confidence that they would be profitable employees. And their confidence came through loud and clear. They found work in every port, near and far.

Be confident in who you are and what you can bring to the job and position. Then pass that confidence to me, so that I may share your level of confidence with others.

Every company, whether in the United States or abroad, looks for confidence when hiring new employees. If you lack confidence, you will not be hired. If you exude confidence, it will cover a multitude of shortcomings in other areas. Lacking work experience? Confidence will overcome. Confidence is the great counterbalancing factor for entry level college grads.

When I am interviewing college students for entry level opportunities at my company, one of the first things I look for is confidence. The confidence factor is one of the most quickly recognized skills in the brief on-campus interview or job fair interview and one of the most highly reliable predictors of future performance.

So how do you gain this confidence? Through preparation. Knowing who you are and what you can do. And practicing. Over and over. Until you are both confident in yourself and able to project that confidence to others. I must also be confident in your ability to do the work. Then, and only then, will I be willing to invest in you.

Have you done your mock interview yet? Doing a mock interview is a great way to build your interview confidence.

INTERVIEW 3: C# position [by Claire]

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:58:50

Job Interview Questions:: INTERVIEW 3: C# position
INTERVIEW 3: C# position

1. Write a hello world program in C#.
2. Write a few methods in a bank application in C#.
3. What is meant by static and public?
4. What are exceptions and how are they handled in C#?
5. What are Stored Procedures? Why do we use them?
6. What does an XML file contain?
7. Why do we use XML?
8. Create tables for customers and tables.
9. Why do we use normalization?
10. How are columns in a table specified?
11. Write a query for getting all orders for a customer with customer id = 1
12. What is the virtual directory in IIS?
13. What permission do we need to get to write in a web application file?
14. Write a program to copy a file in C# (you need to use readers and writers.) How would you test the program?
15. Why do you like programming?
16. What are the three ways to use the using statement in C#? What about the dispose method?
17. What are the differences between Java and C#?
18. How would you write a test plan?
19. Discussion about the garbage collector and managed and unmanaged resources.
20. if you need to test the save button in notepad what are some of the interesting test cases?
21. What did you find most challenging when you were developing your software?
22. What did you find most challenging when you were testing your software?
23. What are your career plans?
24. Questions about projects on resume.

The Hero Technique [by Claire]

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:56:40

Job Interview Questions:: The Hero Technique
The Hero Technique

Has there ever been a time in your life when you saved the day? Hero stories almost always make compelling interview stories. Was there a time when you put in the above-and-beyond effort? Or maybe a time when you did something that dramatically changed the course of events (for the positive, of course). Or perhaps even a time when you were a true hero, by saving someones life or an act of great bravery? If so, work the story into your collection of compelling stories.

http://www.collegegrad.com/jobsearch/Mastering-the-Interview/The-Hero-Technique/

The Quotable Quotes Technique [by Claire]

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:59:41

Job Interview Questions:: The Quotable Quotes Technique
The Quotable Quotes Technique
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If you want to add credibility to what you say about yourself, tell the interviewer what other people have said about you. The best quotes are not words that others have said about you to you, but about you to others. The best way to provide this information is to quote the other person, referring to yourself in the third person:

My boss always said that if something needs to get done, give it to Jane and you know it will not only be done right away, it will also be done right.

My professor once told my academic advisor, �Tim is the one person I can continuously count on to give a 110 percent effort in every class.

My coach called me �The Dave and coined the phrase, �Give it to The Dave when he had a game that needed saving. Even now, after Im no longer on the team, he still uses �Give it to The Dave as his way of saying that its time to put in the closer to win the game.

When you can quote what others have said about you, you have elevated the view of who you are to the shoulders of others. From that vantage point, your value increases substantially. Take note of what others say about you. And be ready to quote the quotables.

The Pregnant Pause Technique [by Claire]

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:13:16

Job Interview Questions:: The Pregnant Pause Technique
The Pregnant Pause Technique

If you are succeeding in presenting a series of compelling stories during the interview, you will likely develop a rapport which places the communication on a more interactive level.

However, as you are presenting information during the interview, you may need to test the waters with the length of your answers. This can be done easily with the Pregnant Pause. As you are telling a story or example, pause at the conclusion of the story. This will be the cue to the interviewer to take back control with another question or redirection of the original question. But if the interviewer continues eye contact during the pause, use this as a cue to go on and provide another example.

Most interviews do not have established ground rules, agendas, or programs. They can and do change and adapt based on the interaction between the interviewer and the interviewee. So how long should your answers typically be?

It is always a good idea to keep your answers within two minutes maximum. You will have no idea at the outset if the interviewer has two questions or twenty. By proper use of the pause, you give the interviewer the opportunity to stick with their overall plan and schedule. And, if appropriate, you can continue to give further details or an entirely new example.

A side note to the pause is the converse reactionan interviewer should not have to interrupt your answer. If you are interrupted, give control back to the interviewer. Take it as a tip that you will need to shorten and tighten up your following answers.

One additional side note: never interrupt or finish a sentence for an interviewer. Even if they talk extraordinarily slow, be patient. Remember, they are the one who holds the ticket for admission.

The Compelling Story Technique [by Claire]

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:39:15

Job Interview Questions:: The Compelling Story Technique
The Compelling Story Technique

Once you have grown accustomed to the Behavioral Answering Technique, you can expand your examples into compelling stories. Instead of merely providing an example that suits the question, weave the example into a compelling story with personality, flair, and interest. Captivate your audience by providing the details and nuances that bring your story to life.

Consider yourself the author of a piece of non-fiction. As you put your story into words, you must give life and meaning to the characters and surroundings. Do the same in telling your compelling stories. Build the framework and background for the story. Add the elements of interest and intrigue. Tell about the unexpected plot twists. And show how our hero (you) saved the day in the end.

We all have compelling stories in our past. We tell them to our friends, our family, our loved ones. We laugh. We cry. And our hearts yearn for more. Yet we sometimes lose these stories over time, or bury them in our long-term memory bank, only to dredge them up at reunion time.

The key to retaining these compelling stories for your interviewing is to write them down. Go over the questions and bring to mind the stories you can weave to provide your example in living color. And as another compelling story occurs to you, or as you find yourself in the telling of another interesting tale, ask yourself if the story will provide substance in your interviewing. If so, write it down.

After a period of time, you will have a full collection of compelling stories to guide you through your interviews. As you become proficient in developing the connection points to these stories , you will find yourself steering to these stories to illustrate your responses.