The first few minutes of the interview were a general conversation, where we were getting acquainted with each other.
- Introduce yourself.
- Why do you want to shift to the IT sector, coming from a core background?
Then, looking through my resume, he first asked me basic-intermediate questions in the Electrical and Electronics field (since I was from the EEE branch).
- What was your role(s) while working with this club? (I had worked as a core electrical member in a particular club of my college.)
- Suppose you’re to provide electricity from a source (i.e., a power substation) to the destination (i.e., a laptop). What are the intermediate steps involved?
- What is the difference between AC and DC?
- How to convert AC to DC?
- Differentiate between microprocessors and microcontrollers?
- How’ll you deploy a microcontroller into this project: You’re to make sure that the water level in a tank doesn’t cross (overflow) a specified level, and it also shouldn’t stay below the level.
That was all about the Electrical field, but obviously, this was just a test of your credibility. I couldn’t answer a few of the questions since I was pursuing the IT sector, and made the interviewer very sure of this. He seemed ok with it.
Then, he asked me technical questions, from my resume.
- Describe the certification course that you completed. What did you learn?
- Describe any one of your projects in detail.
- What makes your project unique, as compared to the remaining applications available over the internet?
At this point, we had communicated for quite a significant amount of time, and the interviewer knew it was time to end the interview process. In conclusion, he asked me:
- Do you have any questions?
- I asked about the training work I’d be assigned if I were hired.
- What were the future prospects of the role of a technology analyst?
That was all. The interview lasted for about 30 minutes.
TIPS:
- Make absolutely sure you have thoroughly gone through your resume.
- Do not lie on your resume.
- Have fundamental knowledge of the core domain you’re studying (if you’re not from a technical background).
- And as I’ve heard from others, have a basic grasp of DBMS and MySQL queries.
- Lastly, DO NOT BLUFF. Denial is always better than bluffing. The interviewer will definitely catch you if you’re lying.
The interview results were published just 2 hours after the procedure ended. Among 51 students from Technology Analyst (Risk and Financial Advisory) who had appeared for the interview, only 10 were selected.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of the 10.
All the very best!