Tips for Technical Interview

.) Knowledge of programming is very important. Sometimes at your interview you will be given a Programming “quiz” where you will have to answer a short test on a language such as Java, for example:

• “What is the most basic element of a java program?” i.e. a class
• “What do RMI / JDBC / RPC stand for? What are they used for?”
• “Explain what an interface is in Java, and what it is used for.”

2.) You could also be asked to do a problem solving exercise where you’ll be given a problem and you have to write out a solution on a whiteboard or on paper and show the interview panel your answer. The key to doing this successfully is not to panic and to make sure the panel know your logic behind how you come to your solution.

Another recommendation would be for students to practice their problem solving skills even in pseudo code as the other key part of an interview could consist of a problem which required a solution to be drawn out on a white board. This sounds like quite a daunting prospect but as long as you talk the interviewers through what you are thinking and do not rush it all will be good.

3.) It is important that you appear outgoing and friendly and stress team-working skills and give a history of group projects completed at Queen's
4.) You might also be asked general questions such as:

• “How do you cope with difficult workloads?”
• “Name a difficult situation you've experienced and how you cope with it.”
• “How do you resolve a difference of opinion with a superior?