MIS Interview and Resume Tips
-To start looking for a job make a Chart like this.
Companies I want to work at | Why they would want to Hire you
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-For each job, find the requirements and do an RCC (Requirements Competencies) chart.
What they Need | How you Are going to match
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Keep in mind that experience and what you actually did weighs more than a lot of things you
say good about yourself.
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Being able to communicate, patience and soft skills are things they will look for in IT in
addition to your technical roles
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Talk about complicated projects and how you can handle stress.
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Talk about these complicated projects and that you can explain the technical terms well.
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Be able to translate both ways (complicated to simple, vice versa)
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Remove Address from resume especially for online postings
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In your resume and interview you want to portray a story
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Job board really aren’t a good place to look for jobs, its better to contact someone within the
company throughout LinkedIn or through a company’s internal careers website
Steps to Make a good Contact in organization
1) Ask Hiring manager or similar role in the company for a simple statement on the
mission statement , goals for the company, etc.
2) Add this person as a reference when applying
3) Drop their name in the phone interview.
4) Go to the public library and look at resources such as sorkins or book of lists to find
out roles in a company
5) Talk about company culture, what is good for an organization, company mission, etc
6) Ask the hiring managers or related roles, What inspires you, how did you get here?
Get interviewer talking about themselves.
7) Send a thank you
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Add a LinkedIn hyperlink to your resume and change the URL of your page
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95 % of employers are now using LinkedIn
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Talk present tense even if it is past
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Keywords are very important on LinkedIn and what many recruiters use to search
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Bring pictures or examples to interview or email work you have done
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How are you going to create value at your new position and how did you do so in the past
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Create talking points on what they need prior to a phone interview
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HR and hiring managers look for keeping clients happy, productivity, and saving dollars that
affect the bottom line.
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How are you going to use your education in MIS to create value?
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Put electronic info on resume and change LinkedIn url
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Order your resume like this
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Name
Phone
Linkedin
Email
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Keep in mind when writing your resume that you want a little bit of narrative and adjectives
that describe you
Do not use italics in your resume, do not go below font 11, 1 inch margins
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Fill in any blanks in your resume with consulting
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Keep it mind that it is not about what you did but what you can do for them
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Use Resolve instead of resolved
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Make a list of your current IT skill set and include it towards the top of your resume
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Include figures, numbers, (Moved 40 units, thousands of dollars in sales etc. )
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Create this matrix in your resume and answer questions regarding ( How many people in
size? How big was the project? How big was the facility? How big was the budget?
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Display strong energy level, ability to keep a good pace, motivation, if you lose motivation
how do you get that back? Creativity
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Think company core focus, and what is important to that organization
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Add a technical ,and core competencies section
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Relationship through consulting firms
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Contract IT – Consulting companies for positions if having trouble finding position, contract
work, etc
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Take personal references section off of resume as it dates the resume and is no longer
necessary, this information is put in in the application
STAR Form
Many times in a phone interview they might ask you to solve a specific problem or task. Attack
the problem like this
Situation or Problem
Task
Action
Result
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Think about what the situation was and what action you would take
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What is the impact of the decision
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Keep in mind your RCC chart and core competencies
Questions You want to ask
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Research the company?
Who will be in the interview and what are their roles? Get their names and titles and
memorize at this point instead of day of interview.
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Where am I in the interview process?
How many candidates are you considering?
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When do you plan to make a decision?
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What are the next steps?
Always thank at the end of the interview
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Ask the interview if business casual or a suit is recommended
Smile, enthusiastic, energy up all for phone interview
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Recruiters are mainly a waste of time as they get a cut for getting you a job, yet some are not
bad
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Find hiring managers.
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Osborn Barr
IN ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS KEEP IN MIND TO GIVE SHORT CONCISE EXAMPLES
OF ACTUAL WORK
Name four weaknesses?
Answer this in the past tense, talk about the very beginning of your work experience and how
you may have struggled
Name Four Strengths
Work well with teams, top strength, good a what I do
What was your hardest IT problem?
Research this before your interview and have a good example
Vice president X calls you with a problem then a separate team calls with an issue, which
one do you handle first?
Process what is the issue, looking for good communication skills, keeping client happy? This
question is considered a live example
Explain your customer service experience?
I was involved in the retail industry, service repair, specific story to tell one is harder
How is your Mac experience?
Must improve on this somehow..
Where is one area where you would like to grow?
They are looking for motivation, ambition, exploring new IT Areas, reading and explore.
Enterprise
Where did you hear about this position?
Employee referral is the best answer , or you can say job board or wherever you really saw it as
it does not matter to much
How many call do you get a day?
Create a matrix with figures and numbers when answering this question. They want to see how
experienced you are at the level they are at.
Describe your best team accomplishment?
What do you want to get out of the internship?
Make a lasting impact on the organization that would affect the bottom line.
What are your career goals?
They are looking for motivation, ambition, exploring new IT Areas, reading and explore.
Tell me about your IT support experience?
Start with current experience and talk about soft skills (communication, conflict management,
integrity, and honesty, and organizational skills.
Explain your career and interest in IT?
Start with current experience, present information, keep in mind the STAR format,
FedEx Notes
-Explain XML, SQL
XML stands for extensible markup language and is designed to store and transport data. IT is tag
based and can be changed by us defining tags.
PHP is an interpreted server side procedural programming language. With limited OOP support.
-I am looking for someone who can solve problems and has knowledge of programming, how
diverse of programming, communication, logical arguments, good fit with the team, hard worker,
quick learner ,
- What is threading what are advantages and disadvantage?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of XML
- Going to be using thick client windows forms
- How is XML dynamic and able to add more variables.
Steps of Developing an Information System at FedEx
1) Design the Database
2) Find out who you need to talk to
3) Sit down and design
4) 75-100 apps
5) Design database
6) Build back end
7) Build front end
8) build testing
8) project
9) code
Functions of my department at FedEx are as follows:
- Building applications
- Automation
- Reporting
- Pulling Data
- interface
- analytical type tools
- Our shop is small , hosts about 3 windows servers 60% VB.net and 40% c++
What is the three tier model?
- Explain DLL advantages and dis advantages
- What is configuration management advantages and disadvantages?
- What utilities would you use?
- Explain your good traits
- What is your biggest weakness?
Google Interview Questions
1) A computer cannot connect to the internet. What do you do?
2) Explain your career and yourself
3) A computer will not boot troubleshoot it
4) Do you have any questions for me?
Technet Inverview
What is a subnet mask and default gateway?
Explain to me your networking expierence?
Explain to me your development experience?
What do you know about our company?
How is a workgroup and domain different?
What is the minimum amount of disks in raid 5?
Explain active directory?
Where is the password control stored in a workgroup? - It isnt?
List of Good Certifications
Database
1. Oracle Certified Professionals
2. Database Certs: Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)
3. ICCP Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)
4. Microsoft SQL Server Database Certifications
5. Database Certs: IBM Information Management
6. SAP Sybase ASE Database Certifications (Various)
Security
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CPTC – Certified Penetration Testing Consultant
CPTE – Certified Penetration Testing Engineer
CompTIA – Security+
CSTA – Certified Security Testing Associate
GPEN – GIAC Certified Penetration Tester
OSCP – Offensive Security Certified Professional
CEH – Certified Ethical Hacker
ECSA – EC-Council Certified Security Analyst
CEPT – Certified Expert Penetration Tester
Microsoft
1. MCITP Microsft Certified IT professional
2. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
3. Security+
4. Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)
5. Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
6. The Project Management Professional (PMP)
7. Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
8.Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
9. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
10. Linux +
11. Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP)