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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF (2 minutes)
- Education
- Work Experience
- Why career change?
- Why QA?
- How do you see yourself in 3-5 years from now
- What do you expect from that internship?
1. Clearance - https://www.portnov.com/internship-clearance
- come prepared
- do not dig too deep
- do not do any drafts
2. Intenship interviews
- make clear to Sofia what your limitations are
- remind about yourself/no terror
- be reasonable/flexible
- you decide if you go there
- we cannot manage $$ part
3. Internship is an opportunity to move up
- it is not about being hired right there
- every day try to add to your stories
* tell me about the company
* tell me about the application tested
* what is your typical business day
* the bug you are proud of
* describe a challenge you overcame
* my resume bullets (Resume Bullets & How to write your resume) videos
https://www.portnov.com/ru_files/action_verbs.html
4. Job market clearance
- master the questions - https://www.portnov.com/job-market-clear
- separate qa questions/concepts from how they are done in the internship company
5. Job market
- no deviation from the rules - "Creating DICE Profile / Job Search Checklist" video
- dice, monster, careerbuilder, glassdoor, ziprecruiter - see alexa.com
- keywords: what you know + what brings people
- 50% match rule for sending resumes
- do not look for 100% match
- Contribution: (not about skills)
* Passion for quality
* Want to be someone who makes the difference in software testing
* Willing to go for an extra mile or 2 or 5 to achieve my goals
* Define myself as a contributor to the team effort
* Can do attitude
* I bring a curious and creative mind
DICE PROFILE KEY AREAS
- Desired position
- Current position
- Skills
- Resume