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Both recent college graduates and colleagues who already have work experience are inevitably faced with the problem of looking for a job or changing jobs. How can I find a job that suits me, has broad prospects for development, and is satisfied with me in all aspects? The author shares his many years of interview experience and application experience with readers. Here we communicate with you from three aspects: what to do before looking for a job, what to do during the interview and what to do after the interview.

What do you need to do before looking for a job? career positioning

The most important thing before looking for a job is to have a clear career orientation and consider your future development direction and professional situation. Many people do not do very well in this point. today, when they see that they are very good at being programmers, they want to be programmers and spend 10,000 or 20,000 yuan to participate in the employment training for Java engineers. After the training, they feel that they are too tired to write programs and are unwilling to do it. Later, I thought it was good to do software testing, and I spent 10,000 or 20,000 yuan on employment training for software testing engineers. After the training, I found the testing work too boring and boring, and I wanted to change careers. I believe that such an example has happened to many people around you and me, this is a typical example of no career planning, and the result will be nothing. Career planning is very important. first of all, you should think carefully about what you want to do in the future and be interested in what you will do in the future. If you are asked to do a job that is very offensive, I don't think you will achieve much in your work. Secondly, now that you have made your career plan clear, you have to put it into action. if you want to achieve good results, you have to work hard and refuse to study. It is impossible to do things well if you are opportunistic in your work.

2. Prepare your resume

After you know the industry and position you want to choose, you need to prepare an excellent resume. The quality of your resume directly determines whether you have the opportunity to participate in an interview with the company. So how can I write a resume?

It's not easy to write a good resume. It can take days or even weeks. A good resume doesn't need to be done in one fell swoop, but needs to be continuously improved.

Usually, during the recruitment period, my email will receive dozens to hundreds of resumes every day. If a candidate's resume is in a chaotic format and the content is not clear, it is likely that the person in charge of the recruitment will lose patience when browsing the resume. Because they want to improve their productivity, they don't have time to format their resumes or can't get the information they want from messy, tedious content. Usually, resumes with messy pages and unclear levels will be eliminated directly. If you can make some information hierarchical, organized and simplified, it will usually attract the attention of people in charge of browsing resumes. Usually, a resume needs to make the following information hierarchical, such as personal information (including name, graduation institution, contact number, email address, gender, age, etc.), key personal information should be placed at the front of the resume, it is convenient for the person in charge to contact the applicant in a timely manner), career selection goals (mainly the position that the job seeker wants to apply for) Testing-related positions mainly include: junior test engineer, test engineer, senior test engineer, test supervisor, test manager, etc.), professional skills (including good at software testing, software development, software application and communication skills, expression skills, etc.). The requirements of software testing work for job seekers are relatively high, it requires job seekers with comprehensive skills, good at communicating with people, so try to be concise to show the comprehensive quality. Of course, you can also reflect some of the relevant training experience and professional certificate names, can also be grouped into a separate category of content). The main work experience and performance, this part of the content is usually more concerned about the enterprise, just graduated college students, can write some achievements in the school, such as the content of the graduation project, projects done in the past, etc.; those who have work experience can choose some representative projects that have been engaged in for a brief introduction, as well as the positions, responsibilities and final project completion results in this project. Self-evaluation is mainly a summary of your real ability and situation, do not boast, let alone fraud). Educational experience mainly includes training experience in academic education and professional skills, as well as degrees, professional titles, foreign languages and other related certificates. the comprehensive ability of foreign languages is an important factor for successful entry into foreign enterprises. In order to make your resume more competitive, it is best to prepare an English resume corresponding to Chinese. Foreign companies attach great importance to English reading and writing ability. Resume is undoubtedly a very good way to reflect your English ability. The resume style template is shown in figure 9-2.

3. Search for positions

After you have written your resume, you need to find the ideal unit and send it to these units. How can we find the ideal unit? You can choose some well-known recruitment websites, such as 51 job (www.51job.com), Chinese talents (www.chinahr.com), etc., and you can also go to some well-known professional testing websites, such as 51testing Software testing Network (www.51testing.com) and the recruitment section of the testing era (www.testage.net) to find the corresponding information. In view of the needs put forward by the recruitment unit, if you meet or slightly lack in all aspects, you might as well record the recruitment information of these two types of enterprises in two text files. After collecting the information, visit the recruitment unit's website to understand the nature, scale, business scope, main customer base, related products, comprehensive strength of all aspects, salary and treatment of the recruiter's company. Try to get pre-interview information or evaluation information from the relevant staff of the unit from the Internet as much as possible, which will provide favorable conditions for successful passing the interview. And record these contents succinctly and succinctly in the previous text, and leave some blank space to prevent confusion with the next employer's information. Next, choose those with large scale, formal management and good welfare benefits from these units. Usually, units that meet these conditions will provide more room for personal development.

4. Prepare the cover letter

A well-prepared cover letter can not only attract the attention of recruiters, but also improve the success rate of job search. Here's how to compile a cover letter. A complete cover letter should include the following aspects.

(1) introduction.

The main purpose of the introduction part is to state to the point that you are interested in the position in which you are interested in the company and want to fill their vacancy, and how you know the recruitment information for the position.

(2) concise recommendation information.

Concise recommendation information is to briefly describe your major and talents, especially those that will meet the needs of the company. In addition, sales promotion should be moderate, do not exaggerate, let alone practice fraud.

(3) contact information and contact time.

If you are looking for a job on the job and are usually busy, you can give a convenient time in the cover letter to let the recruiter know that it is convenient for you to answer the phone or contact you through e-mail, MSN, etc., and indicate that you want a quick reply.

(4) thanks for the content.

During the recruitment period, the relevant recruiters will spend a lot of time browsing their resumes. If you find a paragraph in your resume that thanks them for reading, it will undoubtedly make them feel some comfort and give others a good impression. Of course, it will enhance the priority to contact you and make an appointment for an interview.

5. Prepare for the interview

Next, the person in charge of the recruitment unit may make an appointment with you for a specific interview time, and you can record the specific date and time information of the interview in the previous text file to prevent more companies from interviewing in the future and forget to have been to those units. When making an appointment for an interview, it is also very important to choose a good time period. Please pay attention to the following points:

(1) do not choose a holiday interview if conditions permit.

The reason is very simple: it is unfair to ask the relevant staff of the recruitment unit to work overtime just because they are off on holidays.

(2) do not choose lunch time and off-duty time for interviews.

Usually, the interview at lunchtime and after work time is very tight, and the interviewer may lose patience to listen to you, and the interview ends hastily, which also loses the meaning of the interview. so please don't choose this kind of interview time.

(3) Don't go to the interview unprepared.

Going to an interview unprepared is like a soldier going to war without a gun, and the result is bound to end in failure, so you'd better make some full preparation for the interview in order to get better results.

6. Material preparation

Usually, recruiters will ask job seekers to introduce their past study and work experience, and many job seekers may think, "isn't it already on my resume? why are you asking me? is it superfluous?" The answer is, of course, no. As a qualified tester, you should not only have professional skills, but also have good expression skills, communication skills, generalization skills, adaptability and so on. Therefore, you should prepare a short self-introduction material before the interview and organize the content carefully. When organizing content, we should pay attention to the following points: first of all, we should highlight individual strengths and strengths, and have considerable credibility. In particular, those with practical work experience should highlight their own strengths and advantages; secondly, to show their personality and make a distinct personal image, they can appropriately quote the comments of others, such as teachers and friends, to support their own description; thirdly, do not exaggerate, insist on speaking with facts, and use fewer empty words and interjections; finally, to conform to the routine, the content and level of the introduction should be carried out in a reasonable and orderly manner. Finally, to be logical, the introduction should be hierarchical and focused, so that your advantages can be revealed step by step. Don't rush to list your own advantages. The content of the introduction should not be too much. It is best to limit it to less than 5 minutes. If you are interviewing a foreign company that needs to prepare English introduction materials, you can record a few more rehearsals after you are ready. See if your expression, rhythm, and time control are appropriate. Many companies require you to prepare your resume, education, degree, foreign language, related major and other certificates before the interview, which requires you to prepare all the relevant certificates you have obtained. Nowadays, most companies have written tests, so we should prepare two pens and a few blank sheets of paper in advance to prevent too many interviewers before going to the recruitment unit for an interview, resulting in a busy front desk and a shortage of resources such as pens and paper.

After the relevant materials are ready, the night before the interview, put these materials and items in the designated place in your schoolbag, don't leave them at random, and don't wrinkle your resume, etc.

What should I do during the interview?

In the whole application process, the interview is undoubtedly the most decisive important link, related to whether you can successfully find a suitable employer, related to your future personal development and so on. Interview is also the best time for job seekers to show their quality, ability and quality in an all-round way. the excellent performance of the interview can to a certain extent make up for some deficiencies in the previous written examination or other conditions such as academic qualifications and majors. Among the several links of applying for a job, the interview is also the most difficult and important one.

The purpose of the interview is that the recruitment unit can comprehensively and accurately understand the advantages and disadvantages of the candidates in a short time, so as to consider whether they are competent for the job and do a good job according to the results of the written examination and these characteristics. It is every candidate's dream to successfully pass the interview. "what can I do to pass the interview?" This is undoubtedly an issue that readers are most concerned about. Below, the author expresses his own views on this issue.

First of all, make sure you are not late on the day of the interview, so you need to start a little earlier according to the distance and traffic conditions, and give yourself about 10 minutes of spare time. In these 10 minutes, we can do the following.

1. Information review

If you have a poor memory, please spend about 2 or 3 minutes reviewing the recruitment information, recruitment organization and self-introduction materials to deepen your impression.

2. Relax.

When applying for a job, everyone actually has feelings of tension, anxiety, fear and so on more or less. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. People often sigh when they are unhappy. In fact, a long sigh is an unintentional deep breath, which inadvertently partially relieves anxiety and tension. Before the interview, you might as well take 2 or 3 minutes to take a deep breath to ease your tension. Laughing is also a good way to relax. Laughter can make your taut body relax quickly. After laughing happily, your muscles will no longer be tense, your blood pressure and heartbeat will ease, and you will feel much more relaxed.

3. Dazzling

Perhaps on the way here, there is a thin layer of dust on your body and face, and it also brings a trace of fatigue, so you need to wash your face in the bathroom and tidy up your clothes before entering the threshold of the applicant unit. I believe you are confident at this time.

4. Handsome challenge

In one study, candidates were asked to walk in three different steps: a normal pace, swinging their arms, and walking lazily with their heads down. It turns out that the first two postures can make people feel happier. In this regard, psychologists analyzed that when swinging the arms, it can produce a mechanical movement, so that anxiety and tension of the shoulder, neck and back muscles can be relaxed. When everything is ready, you can stride into the applicant with your head held high, and you will be handsome and confident in front of the receptionist and the interviewer.

Before entering the recruitment unit, the receptionist will usually inform the interviewer or personnel to interview you, and the interviewer will usually ask you to do a question related to the position. When doing the examination questions, you must do them carefully, carefully and calmly. The topic of most recruitment units is to choose some more basic content, mainly to examine the basis and actual working ability of the candidates. Combined with our testers, testing requires you to have a high sense of responsibility, carefulness, patience and so on. However, in the interview with our company, hundreds of candidates were baffled by such a question, most of them got it wrong or gave up, and only a few people were able to get the question right at once. Let's take a look at this question.

Title:

Please list the test cases that unit test the following program (you don't need to write code, just write the use case).

Public voidgetMessage (String date, String time) {

If ((date = "2014-01-01") & & (time > "00:00:00")) {

System.out.println ("Happy New Year!")

}

System.out.println (date+ "" + time)

}

This is a simple Java function, getMessage () function has two parameters, date (date) and time (time), there are many candidates think this question is very simple, in fact, it is very simple, but finally got the wrong answer, this is why?

One of the major reasons is carelessness and weak foundation. Candidates who answer wrong questions are testers with development foundation, and the main reasons for their mistakes include two aspects: first, carelessness and serious thinking; second, the use case design method of testing is not considered. Let's explain in detail why these two situations occur. After the candidates have answered the wrong questions, I will ask them the reasons for the wrong answers. Many people say that they take it for granted that there must be if and else, which leads to incorrect answers. In addition, many people only consider how to cover the path, and do not take the equivalence class, boundary value and other use case design methods into account when selecting data. Obviously, these problems are the most taboo problems as a qualified tester. So you must be careful when you do the exercises.

In the process of doing questions, candidates should first do the questions they are good at, and put the questions they are not good at or even can't do until the end. The reason for this is that on the one hand, you can save time in answering questions. On the other hand, you can also maintain a relaxed and happy mood. Maintaining a good state of mind is an important factor in doing a good written examination and interview.

After you have finished answering the questions, you need to inform the front desk to let the interviewer know, and then the interview will begin. The person who interviewed you may be one person and more than one person, so when you interview, you must be calm, calm, to overcome nervousness, restlessness, so what can be done to ease the tension? We have introduced some methods before, and here we will introduce some interview experience to you.

First, say it out loud if you are polite. In general, when people say a few words loudly when they are nervous, it will ease the tension. When the candidate walked into the examination room, as soon as he entered the door, he forced himself to greet the examiner loudly: "Hello everyone, my name is so-and-so, and I am very glad to have the opportunity to come to your company for an interview today." This not only shows your politeness, but also can stabilize your mood, so the mood will be much easier.

Second, slow down your speech. No matter who is nervous, he often speaks as fast as a machine gun, and the faster he speaks, the more nervous he is, creating a vicious circle. If you find that your speaking speed becomes faster, you should properly control the speed of your speech, let the words spit out clearly from your mouth, and slow down, so that your tension will be effectively controlled and you won't feel very nervous.

Third, make every sentence clear and clear. When nervous, it is easy to make the end ambiguous, giving people a feeling of weakness. If you do the opposite, accentuate the final pronunciation and speak slowly and loudly, it will help to eliminate the tension.

Fourth, tell the truth that you are nervous. If you are too nervous, you might as well say directly to the examiner, "Sorry, I'm a little nervous." If you really say it, your nervousness will gradually disappear, and experienced interviewers will also find some topics to ease your nervousness, will also consider your nervous factors, and will properly consider this reason in answering questions. I won't deduct your points for this.

Fifth, the position of your eyes during the interview is very important. If you stare at the examiner's eyes, you will naturally feel nervous, lowering your head or looking around, giving people a sense of uncomposure. The best way is: after sitting down in front of the examiner, face the examiner's eyes, but the eyes fall on the examiner's forehead, which can not only give people a good impression of listening attentively, but also ease and eliminate their tension.

If you don't hear clearly or what the examiner is saying during the interview, don't answer blindly. You can politely say, "what you mean is..." Or "Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Would you please repeat the question just now?" But you must not use the tone of command, otherwise it will make the examiner feel very uncomfortable and affect the effect of the interview.

In the interview process, you may also be stumped by the examiner's questions and do not know how to answer them. At this time, if you insist on answering them, you must be incoherent and lack logic. At this point, you'd better say frankly, "I'm not very clear about this problem." Or "I won't ask this question," which is much better than a random answer.

As the saying goes, "No one is perfect." everyone's energy is limited, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages, so it is impossible to guarantee that you are proficient in all kinds of problems, so if you tell the truth about yourself frankly, I believe that most examiners will not give up on you because of a few questions. On the contrary, if you answer randomly and pretend to understand, it will have the opposite effect. You are likely to leave the examiner boasting and lying. The quality is not very good and so on. Some time ago, there was such a problem when interviewing a candidate. The resume of this applicant contains a lot of work experience in well-known large enterprises at home and abroad, which attracts my attention. It is the talent recruited by my unit. I quickly got in touch with him and made an appointment for an interview. After the written examination, I was very disappointed with the result of the answer. In order not to bury the talent, I still gave him an interview, but I was also very disappointed and even angry during the interview, because he encountered problems that he couldn't do. Always pretending to understand. Sometimes, you don't have to feel wrong about this, because the interview is different from the written test, some questions have no fixed answers, and the interview is mainly to test the candidate's ability, character and moral character. You focus on answering questions such as motivation, experience, and your own strengths and weaknesses. In addition, no one is perfect, everyone's energy is limited, it is impossible to be proficient in everything, you frankly admit that you will not, but will make a good impression. Otherwise, pretending to understand will often be counterproductive. Sometimes the examiner may deliberately set some traps where there is no answer, at this time, it is wrong for you to answer blindly. But there are some questions you can't avoid and have to answer, so you can use a delaying tactic to buy as much time as possible to sort out your thoughts. For example, you can say that I have never really thought about this question, or that it is quite interesting, or that it is not easy to answer, and that while you are talking, your mind should turn quickly, think quickly, and put your ideas in order. Then speak out your ideas in the order in your head. Candidates should not rush to answer questions. Think twice before you act. You can think about it for 5-10 seconds before you answer. When answering questions, be confident, express your views clearly, and don't speak vaguely, let alone like a machine gun. usually the faster you speak, the more likely you are to make mistakes, and once you are aware of these situations, you will be more nervous. as a result, it is difficult for the interview to achieve good results. Therefore, in the interview from beginning to end should be done to speak slowly, relaxed, logical, well-organized, think twice and then act.

After a short interview of 10 minutes and a few hours, the interview is finally over. You should politely say goodbye to the interviewer and express your gratitude for the time and effort spent on the interview. You can also ask when you can be informed. Many large companies or foreign enterprises usually have many interviews for different content, which may be aimed at technical skills, foreign language skills, etc., or negotiate salaries and other aspects. I believe that you will certainly do better and better, and the more you fight, the more brave you will be. It doesn't matter if you fail, because "failure is the mother of success". We can constantly accumulate interview experience in the experience of failure, which is also your precious wealth. After the interview, please wait for the notice from the recruiting unit.

What to do after the interview

Many job seekers only pay attention to the etiquette of the interview and ignore the aftermath of the job application. In fact, the end of the interview does not mean the end of the job search process. Job seekers should not stand idly by for the arrival of the employment notice, there are some things you must pay attention to.

Write a letter to express your thanks. In order to deepen the recruiter's impression of you and increase the possibility of successful job search, you'd better call or write a thank you to the recruiter within two or three days after the interview. The thank-you call should be short, preferably no more than 3 minutes, and the thank-you note should be concise, preferably no more than one page. At the beginning of the thank-you note, you should mention your name and brief information, as well as the time of the interview, and thank the recruiter. The middle part of the thank-you letter would like to reiterate your interest in the company and the position and add some new content that will be useful to the success of the job search. The end of the thank-you letter can show your confidence in yourself and your determination to contribute to the development and growth of the company.

Don't be too eager to inquire about the interview results. in general, after each interview, the hiring supervisor will discuss and vote, and then send it to the personnel department for summary, and finally determine the candidate for hire. this stage may take weeks or months, or as little as three or five days. Job seekers must wait patiently for news during this period of time.

If you apply to several companies at the same time, after one interview, you should pay attention to adjust your mood and prepare to devote yourself to the test of the second interview. Because, before receiving the employment notice, the result of the interview is still unknown, you should not give up other opportunities, even if you get job offers from several recruiters at the same time, you can choose preferably if you are prepared.

Generally speaking, if you do not receive a reply two weeks after the interview or after the time promised by the examiner, you should write or call the recruiter to ask for the result of the interview.

No one can guarantee that you will succeed every time you apply for a job. If you fail in the application, don't be discouraged. This time you fail, and next time, sometimes because your salary is higher than the range acceptable to the enterprise, the enterprise has to give up and choose you. In this case, you can not be discouraged and there is more than one job opportunity. The key is to sum up the experiences and lessons, find out the real cause of the failure, and re-prepare for these deficiencies in order to seek the success of the next interview.

Finally, I hope that every reader can make efforts to find their own ideal unit, seriously do their own work, ensure the quality of products, and make our domestic software better.

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