Salary Negotiation and General Questions

IT Interview Question and Answer

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If you are in information technology (IT) industry and working as a software engineer or developer, database administrator, you may need to give interview very often, as retration rate of our industry is very high, so be prepare for that. Interviewing of technical job position is very difficult as you have to demonstrate your "soft skill" in terms of your communication skills, personality and your "hard skill" means programming, analytical, implementation knowledge.

Tips for success in technical interview

·         Get enough information about the organization and product.

·         Practicing for technical question answer

·         Practicing for personal, general topics, other than technical question

·         Review the job description and profile.

·         Be on time

·         Follow Up, don't let them forget about you

·         Be ready for technical test and hands on exercise

·         Avoid arrogance

·         Dress and personality

·         Ask question, show interest for the post.

·         Try to control the flow of interview, remain composed.

·         Show confident, don't be confused

·         Don't use jargon and tech term if you don't know the things in details.

·         Don't try to misguide the interviewee as they are very experienced.

Salary Negotiation for IT job.
This is the probably the weakest area of for technical person. They are not from the sales and are not good in negotiators. Here is come tips for salary negotiations.

·         Do a study of what is the salary trend.

·         Do not mentioned your salary expected on the resume.

·         Do not be harsh during salary negotiations.

·         Talk with the employer in what frequency does the hike happen.

·         take care of hidden cost attached in salary clarify what exactly you will get.

Salary trend in IT industry in India and Abroad.

Years of Experience Salary in India CTC Salary in Abroad CTC Freshers INR 60 K to 100 K $ 40 K to 50 K 1 to 2 Years INR 120 K to 240 K $ 50 K to 55 K 3 to 4 Years INR 300 K to 360 K $ 55 K to 60 K 5 to 6 Years INR 360 K to 480 K $ 60 K to 65 K 7 to 8 Years INR 480 K to 720 K $ 70 K to 80 K 8 Years and above As per negotiations As per negotiations

Non IT/Software/Database and HR Round related questions
You must ready and prepare for some non technical question in interview like.

·         Can you say something about yourself?

·         Why do you want to leave the current company?

·         where do you see yourself after three years?

·         What are your positive and negative points?

·         How much you rate yourself in .Net and C# in the range of 1 to 10 ?

·         Do you work on Saturday and Sunday?

·         Tell about your family background ?

·         How much time will you need to join our company ?

·         What is notice period for your current company ?

·         How you handle pressure situation ?

·         Why I should hire you ?

·         Do you work late nights ?

·         Do you like to work as a team or as individual ?