October 2009

Welcome to Interview Mantra- India

October 28, 2009 Announcements

Thanks for dropping by! This blog aims to help tech/management students and Corporate professionals with valuable career related advices. This blog would also cover topics such as GRE, GMAT, CAT, abroad education, onsite job, appraisal and other career related things that are popular in India.

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Interview with The Working Geek

October 25, 2009 Career Issues

This is an interview of Andy Lester with Interview Mantra, on tips for job hunters and on his book “Land the Tech Job you Love“, which is about new guidelines for tech job hunting. [Sridhar Jammalamadaka]: Welcome to Interview Mantra! Can you tell our readers about yourself and your journey in Tech industry [Andy Lester]: [...]

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10 Challenging star pattern programs in C

October 19, 2009 C

Computer languages are not as easy as human languages, they need you to become a computer yourself, think like a computer and write an algorithm. Computer programs are fun if you take them up as a challenge, as unsolved puzzles. There is lot of fun in taking up the challenge, understanding the problem, writing an [...]

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Bugs can get you a software job

October 18, 2009 Interview Tips

You are a software developer/tester sitting in an interview, trying to get this great job. Dozens of applicants are waiting in the hall for their turn. Your chances don’t look high. How can you stand out from the crowd? “So, what web framework does your company use to develop your sites?”, you ask in the [...]

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Want to learn more about your future employer?

October 17, 2009 Career Issues

Are you planning to change your job? How would you know whether you are landing up in a better/worse place? Salary hike / fancier job title, I reckon, should have motivated you to quit your current employer and join a new company. I’m pretty sure you would have asked the opinion of your friends working [...]

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10 Tips for Professional Email Writing

October 16, 2009 Others

Read my guest post on Email Etiquette for Students – 10 Tips for Professional Email Writing at AmitBhawani.com

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Novice in many vs Expert in any

October 14, 2009 Career Issues

There’s a very good article in The Working Geek by Jeffrey Thalhammer discussing the breadth vs depth of technical knowledge. Jeffrey has done a great job of putting down his thoughts on why he considers it better to be a master of one technology / language rather than be mediocre in several. In particular, he [...]

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