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04: Can you think of a time where you …?

It really pays to jog your memory prior to job interviews to ace the open-ended questions like…… Q1. Can you think of a time where you accomplished QuickWins for your…



07: 20+ Pre interview refresher on tools

Experienced developers know what tools to use to get the job done. I often forget code quality tool names like Sonar, FindBugs, Crucible, etc, penetration testing tools like Skipfish, and…



10+ Know your industry Q&As

Insights into what your prospective employers are looking for. What skills are required for you to go places? Do you know your industry well enough to impress your prospective employers?

Prospective employers will be judging you on 4 key aspects

1) Do you have the right technical “know how”? Can you not only develop solutions to the functional specifications, but also can you build robust solutions by asking the right questions relating to non-functional requirements.…



15 Ice breaker interview Q&As asked 90% of the time

Most interviews start with these 15 open-ended questions. These are ice breaker interview questions with no right or wrong answers to ease nervousness, but the quality of the answers can make a good first impression. Your answer can reveal a lot about your experience & industry knowledge. Even though the answers provided here are Java focussed, the questions are generic.…



8 real life Java scenarios with Situation-Action-Result (i.e. SAR) technique

The SAR (Situation-Action-Result) technique is very useful to tackle open-ended questions like:

1. What were some of the challenges you had encountered, and how did you go about fixing them?
2. What are some of your achievements that you are most proud of?
3. Why do you like software engineering?…



8 real life Scenarios of SAR technique – Part 2

The open-ended questions give you a great opportunity to promote your strengths and accomplishments. SAR (Situation-Action-Result) technique examples. This extends 1 – 4 real life examples of SAR technique. Example…



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