Experience! 35-year-old programmer's exclusive interview experience

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After the failure of entrepreneurship, looking for a job. Selected three (two listed companies, one will be listed), all went to the key node. I have documented some of the questions I have been asked during the interview process, hoping to help with my future interview and to inspire others.

My experience and status are closely related to the questions asked, as follows:

2002 Graduation.

2002~2005 do after-sales technical support, 2005 turnover to do software development.

2009 started as a project manager, and later as a department manager, while there were about 50% of the energy in technology.

2014.10~2014.11, project Director, focuses on management, out of technical details.

2014.11~2014.12, take the initiative to return to the development position, into the C3 company.

2014.12~2015.11, leaving C3, as a technical partner with a friend to start a business, technical director.

November 25, 2015 disband the team and start looking for a job again.

Here's a review of the key points and questions I've interviewed for three companies, which may be helpful to everyone. My final entry unit will be generated from these three families. If you are impatient to see the interview question, you can also skip to the end to see How I prepare for the interview .

first, interview with director of research and Development

I consider the first company is the security industry, a listed company, call it C1, Xi ' an branch. Beijing's HR directly invited me to consider, I understand that the position is the Director of research and Development.

After two rounds of interviews, HR and HR director interviewed the director of research and development in XI ' an, to discuss the following issues. The general order is the way I list it, some of which may be biased.

1. Self-Introduction

This problem is usually met, technology will ask, human resources will also ask, a company's interview process down, may introduce themselves 2 or more.

I basically graduated from the university, introduced to the present. The presentation will involve work experience and key projects and product experiences, which are highlighted if there are experiences related to the target position or company's product.

2. Know our company. Know which products.

C1 's company official website I browsed a few days, researched the product, also understood the other two security class listed company.

Old memory poor, was asked this question, the product line to see the information incredibly to forget ...

3. Know our position.

HR told me that I was the Director of research and Development, and then the director told me that I was the head of the product line and had some deviations.

I don't know much about that. The interviewer introduced the situation of the post, including responsible products, functions, basic work and so on.

4. Why apply for this position?

I said it was HR initiative to find me, not how to expand.

Now it seems that my answer was very bad. After meeting this kind of problem, should combine own experience, business value and future orientation, add to the job function of understanding, will answer focus on individual and company's match.

5. Talk about your understanding of the job

Product line leader, will be responsible for research and development, testing, Ui/ue this part of the technical team management, product development, this is the product line responsible for direct management of the team.

C1 is a matrix management, sales platform can have a choice of sales products, marketing and sales should be regarded as the product development Department of the customer, product line leader needs and marketing, marketing, sales and other parts to maintain close cooperation and jointly promote product sales. The research and Development department and the marketing and sales department will jointly take responsibility for the annual performance indicators.

After-sales, pre-sales and technical support teams must also work together.

I used to do product development in the same thing, this piece of understanding should not be a big deviation.

6. What industries do you consider when looking for a job? Why.

I said three, security, enterprise applications, the Internet. Simple from the industry development cycle to talk about understanding, also talk about the relationship between the industry and enterprises, the relationship between enterprises and individuals.

In the rising period of the industry, in the rising stage of the platform, the individual can be relatively large development.

Such an understanding should be correct.

7. Your technology accumulates in C + +, our team is biased towards Java, there is no obstacle.

I have to answer from the point of view of technology accumulation to a certain extent, and I have used Java myself. In addition, from the perspective of team management has also been explained, I control the product-related technical direction and program, particularly fine technical details do not need to understand.

8. How to manage your team.

I talked about two points, one is authorization, the other is the sense of participation.

9. This position needs to travel, can accept it.

I made it clear that if you travel a lot, you don't have to go down.

Then we discussed what is often travel, such as "two or three times a year, one or two months," "January two or three times, once two or three days" and so on.

C1 in nearly 20 offices around the country, responsible for sales and technical support work, product line head every year to visit all offices, to maintain a variety of channels and relations. Frequent travel is unavoidable.

From the other side of the question, my attitude is obviously not very willing to accept it.

10. How to manage up.

I have only heard of the "upward management", specifically do not understand, only from the point of view of the management of the goal to talk about.

Poor.

11. How to avoid project delays

This problem is brought out by the last question.

I have talked a lot about whether the goal and the delivery period are reasonable and that the delivery period itself is a dynamic change that needs to be understood in an iterative perspective.

Re-disk found that my understanding from an objective point of view, not bad, but obviously not the other side to the answer.

12. What are you going to do in your first month of employment?

This may be a frequently asked question. I talked about the goals, the team and the surrounding team.

13. What you are best at.

I have worked for more than 10 years, various kinds of technology, various management work done, facing this kind of problem, a little bad answer.

Generally a person must have a clear understanding of their own, and then to the target company and position to have enough knowledge, choose their own good points to expand, so as to improve the level of staff matching, increase the chances of passing the interview.

I chose a point of technical aspect.

Not good.

14. Do you want to do client development or app?

The problem should be brought out by the last question. I am looking at the trend of mobile internet, I talk a few words, tell the other side I favor the app.

Later, my research director added that there was no other point in asking the question, and that there might be a release of this position in a subsidiary.

After saying goodbye to C1, I have already made myself clear that there will be no following. And I understand what the Director of development means-I'm better suited for development work. Yes, I did the same for my own analysis.

This is my key interview at C1, which lasted 90 minutes. The interviewer is Director of research and Development, Xi ' an branch boss, two product line head. I do not perform well on issues such as "whether I know the company's products", "can accept business trip", "Manage Up", "How to avoid Project extension". Then I volunteered and HR said the target position to travel often not suitable for me, if there is a development post can be discussed.

second, video-link interview with technical leader

The second short C2 bar, is the construction software listed companies, Xi ' an branch. I am applying for the Senior Software Development engineer, through the headhunting approached.

In my experience, there is a very important question: back to the software development post from the management post . The interview must be asked.

One side of the Xi ' an side of the target department of Technical leaders, people are nice, chat is also relatively smooth.

A two-face interviewer in Beijing is a higher-level technology leader. We do this through the QQ video link. He can see me, I can't see him.

When it comes to the problem, I try to list it sequentially below.

1. Self-Introduction

Why you have a resume, you will still let you introduce yourself. If you ask "the resume is written clearly, there is no need to", then you are the probability of being pass off is more than 90%.

Through self-introduction, you can see a lot of things, such as your logical thinking, expression ability, generalization ability, on-site grasp ability, values, your cognition and adaptability to yourself. Of course, some interviewers do not have time to read your resume, will be in your self-introduction to quickly turn over the resume.

I mentioned in this introduction why to start a business, for the back of the cushion. I had expected that I would come back from the management to do the development, there are a few questions will be asked.

2. Future positioning.

This is my expected problem, others see my work experience will inevitably ask, because I applied for software development positions, from a conventional point of view, not conducive to career development.

I talk about my career position through some experiences and feelings, put the position on "professional technical person" this point, take the technical route will be my future direction, I will give up to do management.

3. Sense of accomplishment events

I talked about a few things, such as writing "QT on Android Core programming" and "QT Quick core programming," such as successfully developing STB products.

4. What technical challenges have you encountered in developing multimedia products?

I have described three problems that I have encountered, and I did not elaborate on how to solve them, which is not very good.

5. Remuneration at the time of the previous company

I took part in the start-up, pay needless to say, I put the pay of the C3 before the truth.

6. Do you have any questions?

This is often asked questions, but also to play their own opportunities.

I asked three questions:

The impact of the decline of the real estate industry on companies

The company moved to the high-tech zone (I am not in the new district, the road is very long)

The rising channel of the company's internal technician

Each of them answered. The other side of the answer to the first question is very good, said three points:

Internationalization, real estate has regional relevance globally. I am applying for the international department

From selling software (Licence) to service leasing, the threshold becomes lower and customers become more

Develop financial-related services based on the characteristics of real estate clients

After the interview I was told that 5 business days HR will give me feedback, I think it should be able to pass. Of course, my feeling is sometimes not allowed ... What they think, in fact, we can not understand, can only analyze the performance of the interview process to set. However, if you behave badly, you will feel the result.

interview experience when returning to C3

I made a decision to try and get back to the company C3 before the start. So I contacted my former colleague, so I had an opportunity to talk about these interview questions.

interview questions from the VP

VP and I used C3 's cloud conferencing system to interview him remotely, and he could see me, I couldn't see him. The VP people are nice and the whole interview process is like chatting.

1. Your plan for the next 5-8 years.

The question is, in fact, similar to one of the other issues previously mentioned-the future orientation. I talked about career orientation and talked about the age and future of technical staff.

2. The technical direction you are best at.

C + + and QT are required.

3. You give yourself the positioning.

My position in the future is application technology expert. Advanced algorithms or whatever, can not be done.

4. Do you use QT or native for your product (APP) When you start a business?

Both Android and iOS are developed using the native approach.

5. Why is QT not selected?

Our pioneering products do not use QT, there are two reasons: first, I formed a team has been a part of the development work in progress, the direct use of Java development Android APP, second, because of the large size of QT, will improve our products to reach the threshold of users.

6. What are the technical accumulations?

This open-ended problem, everyone has their own argument. I have made some introductions around the specific technology, technical experience and experience.

7. Introduce the four teams he manages and ask me which team I would like to

This means that VP has accepted me. Because I had learned that C3 had no hiring plan, I expressed my view that if there were no plans to recruit developers, there would be no need to deliberately embarrass me. I do not know that it is good or bad, it is natural to do so, which is related to my personal character.

interview questions from the Director of human Resources

VP of Technology after a day, C3 hr told me the HR director wanted to talk to me, or the way of remote video. Or the other side can see me, I can't see each other.

I reviewed the questions asked at the time, slightly sharper than the technical VP problem, but from an enterprise perspective, it is normal to have these problems in the face of two returnees like me. I'll ask a similar question in a different position. So, I have not been in the slightest upset over these problems.

1. Introduce yourself.

This seems to have been asked by VP of Technology.

I gave a brief description of my personal experience, and there are two places that have done more. One was the case when I turned to software development from technical support, and talked about the impact that my business and my superiors had on me at the time. The other is the relationship between the person who started the business with me and my partner when I was a C3, that is the person who introduced me to the software development at that time.

I want to go back to C3, these questions inevitably will be asked, I first explain to clarify it should be better.

2. Why did you choose C3 before?

Well, let's talk about the next question.

3. Why leave.

Well, the question and the last question are actually echoed. I chose C3 because I was optimistic about C3 's products, and my technology was here to play.

Then leave, in fact, introduce yourself there has been mentioned. This is a very natural way to start.

4. will also leave because of a friend to start a business.

Answer "Why leave", the question can be said naturally will be asked. I talked about what I was fit to do, what I had in mind, and what I answered.

5. In the time before, I felt that C3 had any problems.

I mentioned a problem where the development team worked together and was less efficient.

6. Why come back and fancy something.

Although the previous work in C3 only one months, but in technology, products, interpersonal and other aspects of feeling very good. This is the reason why I want to go back to C3 again.

My main focus is the development of enterprises and the positioning of products. Talk about my views on the industry, business, and carefully talk about the C3 of the current three main products of the view.

7. What is the harvest of entrepreneurship this year?

Harvesting is primarily a personal experience, growth, and clarification of the orientation of self-employment.

8. Where have you been accumulating for so many years?

To tell the truth, I have forgotten the answer to the question. Should be around the technology, experience two points to talk about.

9. What you are positioning yourself for. C3 can satisfy you.

From the first time I entered the C3 management experience, speaking of the feeling of entrepreneurship, the export of their own functional positioning-professional and technical personnel, in the future to the direction of technical experts.

After C1 's interview, I was more certain of it, and there was no hesitation.

I have talked about the match between me and C3 from the understanding of C3, the company and the product.

10. What position do you think you are fit for, or your advantage?

Because I do not understand the specific job responsibilities, so from the technical and product awareness two aspects of my own advantages.

11. Do you have any questions?

Because it is back again, in fact, I have no particular problem. But the interview process is not very clear, so I mentioned the process of the problem.

12. Your expectations of salary.

Talking about the last question brought out this question, my answer is: And before the same line.

How to prepare for an interview

Although I interviewed a lot of people, have been interviewed by many people, but I am not particularly good at interviewing. This job search, because the age is relatively cautious, think a little more. I paid attention to the interview process, also did some introspection, gained some personal experience, and share with you.

The following points are important for the interview:

career orientation for individuals

Look at my experience, every family can not escape this aspect of the problem, if the self-positioning is not clear, the interview must be problematic.

The degree of matching between individual and enterprise

This preparation is necessary, you apply for a position, to understand the company's requirements for this position, to see their knowledge, skills, experience and the requirements of the enterprise to fit the point where.

The first thing to consider when hiring most companies is a man-job match. If you can't dig out the matching points, you may not be able to pass the resume.

Understanding Enterprise

To learn as much as possible about the target business, such as the state of its industry, its products, its culture, its competitors ... The more the better, don't be afraid to spend Kung fu. When I interviewed C1, I forgot some product information ...

Interviewers will be more inclined to accept job seekers who have an understanding of their company, which means you will be strong, and you will understand and come back, and also show that you and the company are relatively high.

Personal Image

Yan value can not be changed, lining quality is not important, the overall clean and tidy can be. Remember, no one is obliged to discover your inner self through your messy and untidy appearance, and no one has the patience of your parents.

Mindset Debugging

Mentality debugging has two aspects.

On the one hand is the expectation of how long to find work. Because of the pressure of economic or other people's expectations, job seekers are prone to anxiety, loss of ordinary mentality, the emergence of random first to find a dry idea, at this time there is a root straw may be treated as an olive branch, it is easy to lead to the choice inadvertently, harm oneself. The unacceptable is easy to separate and the price is very high. My idea is to sink down, slowly, firmly believe that all the time, a good encounter must be waiting for themselves.

On the other hand, it is about the relationship between business and job seekers. There is no strong who weak, business and job seekers are a bi-directional, do not need to be nervous or anxious, to maintain a calm mind to better show their own.

And for programmers like me who have been 35 years old, there are problems with age that need to be debugged. I believe that experience and experiences also produce value, and technical experts can be as old as old Chinese medicine as the older the more popular.