IT Interview Gone Wrong #4 - Certified Pro (Gone Right!)

[oblivion2kkk]

Proprietary certifications = useless. Get your A+ and your CCNA and you're good to go. Microsoft certs are useless.

[jmdodge]

Obtaining a Microsoft certification is the most useless usage of time I could imagine spending to help my IT career.

[suganindian]

talk to me about a successful online product from microsoft !!!!

[possemo]

"DHCP" is not a business-culture abbreviation or a buzzword.

[anticollie]

Any company that uses the precious, precious time during an interview to grill an applicant on their knowledge is wasting billable hours on their management.

You need to get to know the individual you're hiring, not whether or not they have a skill set you're looking for- that's what a resume & cover letter accomplish. By all means, feel free to get more depth about their experience, but asking them a black and white academic question? it wastes their time and yours!

[gfg3m1n1]

@anticollie Riiiight, because everything someone puts on their resume is always 100% correct and there is no merit in verifying, even in a small degree, the authenticity of what is listed. Trust everything anyone ever puts on their resume and you will get burned many, many times.

[gfg3m1n1]

@anticollie Right, anyone conducting an interview should always assume that whatever the person wrote on their resume is 100% accurate and not embellished at all. Don't bother with any technical questions, who cares if they have no concept of effective troubleshooting, just focus on what their favorite color is, which band they like this week, how many friends they have on Facebook. In fact, who needs technical interviews anyway? Just get HR to verify that they are alive and not a zombie!

[proghead908]

Can you use obstinate business-culture abbreviations and buzzwords? You're HIRED!

[barophobia]

@ntendogmr456 Sort of.

[demortes]

I've always believed that, but the lack of them means most organizations wont look at you. Pity.

[ashmind2]

We had a certified professional on the team. He was almost the worst developer I have ever worked with.

Not to say certificates are bad thing, but I wouldn't infer too much from the fact of having them.