Yes, it's another round of Electronics Engineering job interview tips.
Techniques to help you stand out at the interview and secure that engineering job.
See Blog #7 for the previous bunch of tips.
(Note the record number of "you knows"!)
Techniques to help you stand out at the interview and secure that engineering job.
See Blog #7 for the previous bunch of tips.
(Note the record number of "you knows"!)
Thanks for the tips. I was thinking about bringing something in and was honestly wondering if that would make me look like a sperg or not.
bloody hell Dave, long time ago!
You look like christen bale
These are some really good tips for ANY job interview.
Love your videos! 🙂 Hehe
"And don't go in this kind of T-shirt like I wear"… 😛
I made a PROM tie tack. I do bring the electronics that I have built to interviews. I don't show up in a lab coat, however, because I don't want to be carried off in an ambulance to the funny farm.
Frank Reiser
Very solid advice, even after 10+ years.
Thank you for the tips Dave! I took my PCBs with me and I just got an offer for a PCB design position in a very nice company.
This video reminds of something Guy Kawasaki once said about engineers (in his "Art of the Start" talk, I think). Engineers always think that engineering is hard, and all other jobs aren't. Dave Jones seems to be a perfect example, the way he talks down other departments of his (and other) companies.
Dave What can i say… You are the guy i was looking for. Good work there. Highly appreciated.
I do not recommend that you say "my enthusiasm" to the weakness question.
Wow Dave!
You totally blew my mind! Well done sir. Please keep this channel going and I've learned a lot, no matter skills or experience!
Good one one the top managers yes you can't tell them the truth
still relevant in 2018
seeing this in mid of 2017, i went to interview once with a unpopulated PCB that i designed and fabricated for my ex company. KBLAAAM
Damn! I like this engineer
I fear that these days when it's electronics, your more likely to be interviewed by a manager than by an engineer and typically that manager is going to be a former media studies graduate (or something equally useless).
One interview I had, I turn up 15 minutes early, i'm taken to meeting room by the managers assistant, I can see the manager from the meeting room less than 2 meters away, he sits there tidying his desk, twiddling thumbs and watching the clock until 5 minutes after the interview time, before finally having the common courtesy to acknowledge my presence, i'm thinking "thanks for the interview, but I wouldn't work for someone like you if you offered double the advertised salary!!!!" and "how can I get out of here asap?".
They also always ask that question, "where do you see yourself in 5 years time"……. Well i'm nearly 40, i'd like to have some stability and to start a family, but i'm engineer and experience tells me that engineers are disposable, so I work hard, I take each day as it comes and hope I win lottery before I reach retirement.
Depressingly this ^^ just seems to be the way electronics companies have gone these days, especially here in the UK.
Good one!
Good true stuff!
Dave do you have anymore tips for pathways for people to learn electronics and up to design engineer level..what I have gleamed is get into it, be methodical, do all the questions in the book… theres uni, tafe, self taught etc… Id like to make stuf, go to woah..from my shed in the back yard… is uni a waste of time? I think Id like a thorough understanding… I have applied for electronic and telecommunication engineering degree
The second interview sucks all the times.
Anybody who have enough technical desires can win the first interview, because you are dealing with senior engineers. They just engineers. The hard part is second interview. Top HR guy or top director will interview you. You need to dress well to the second interview. Life is so hard when you have to deal with non technical guys who are senior than you.