SolidWorks related job interview tips

Let’s say, some day… that day may come (line from Don Vito Corleone, Godfather 1 movie ^^) you got call from a lady, usually a HR are or the receptionist, saying that you been invited to come to certain company for a job interview.

Ok, after you finished jumping and scream excitement to friend and neighbors,  there are things need to be prepare for this interview in order to guarantee it’s success.

For general things, head to this website Preparing for an Interview , courtesy lowyat.net. I will explain things that I did and hope this help in your future interviews.

1. Dress to impress – Long sleeve for fresh graduate and newbies, short sleeve are for pro. Depends on what job you interview, short sleeve showed that you are up to some elbow greasing rather than starring at a monitor all day.
2. Latest certificate first, school days later – This what I been suggested on my recent interview, the person said they are more likely to know what been doing recently rather than high school track record.For the school things, they would like to know you are active or not,rather than being a nerd.
3. Be a chatter box – don’t be a half duplex communication like walkie talkie. If they ask something, tell them more and try related to the things that you did, or cook something up. A general tips is, dont let the interviewer spend more time reading your certificate rather than your face.
4. Print out your design – “Print , or it never happened”, don’t just say that you did this, did that but nothing to prove.The interviewer are more interest in this rather than your colorful certificate and big number CGPA. To further prove that you made this, explain to them the step that you perform until you finished it.
5. Be prepare for the test – They wont just simply buy your story, high chance is they will throw something for you to design in a certain time on your first interview. When design against time, make you have an arsenal of shortcut keys memorize to speed up the design. Make sure you ask interviewer first, what version of solidworks been using in that company, so that you know the button location and work a round for a feature that  not been implemented on old version.
6. Ask when you will know the result – In generally, they would say 2 weeks. In truth is, if the company interest on you, they would call and tell the good news all call for a second interview. After one week, they is a higher chance they found some lucky bastard that better than you. This is base on my experienced.

For a bonus tip, it help to learn how to read body languages, this help to know whether a person buying what you said or you loosing them.You can google it a round, or go watch Lie To Me, a very interesting series, close to CSI.

So, good luck and may the force be with you.