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I have an interview tomorrow morning, any tips, suggestions advice? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Interviewing for a part time internship for Entry Level IT. I am a full time student Comp Sci major and wanna go into networking, servers, security, so hopefully this gets me my foot in the door. I am a terrible soft skills person and really nervous. My friends told me to print out my resume and transcripts, I will surely do that. Anybody got anything else to suggest?

Update: I got the position! I honestly didn't even prepare for it, didn't even know what the company did. The comment that talked about learning to search things up was right on, they asked me what I would do if I didn't know how to do something. I answered "looking things up, asking others, and consult documentation." The company seemed really cool and is structured pretty much like Valve Corp in that they wanted jacks of all trades and it was company owned.

Thank you for all the helpful advice. It definitely helped me out, and hopefully, it helps others out as well.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Everything here, but I'd like to build a little on this.

Remember that you are also interviewing the company. You need to make a decision about whether this is a place you want to work. Will it give you the opportunity to learn when you need to learn? Are they a team that treat each other well? Do they have good dynamics? Can you see yourself benefiting from working here beyond just taking a pay check?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Worth noting and not crazy important for an entry level position. Double true if there are limited options available. Take the job, learn some skills (including how to work in a bad environment) and then look for and move on to better opportunities. Caveat: Just don't take one of these roles with a place where it's going to stereotype you and/or give you no transferable skills/knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Even if you decide to compromise, it's worth doing so knowing that you are. It also looks good to the employer if you're taking a real interest in the position and sizing it up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Even if it is a deadend job, usually a year doesn't hurt. Unless the work or pay suck, but that's true everywhere.