Last week I saw an odd thing on Indeed where I was apparently "already qualified for an interview" for a job posting at a local hospital that I've been trying to get in to for years for IT. I didn't have to apply but just set up an interview time. Well turns out it's actually a "hiring event" which I was informed after a recruiter called and was like "Are you sure you wanted to apply for this? You aren't even A+ certified anymore." You know because you forget how computers work if you let your cert expire even though you've been working with computers for the last 20+ goddamn years and at an IT level for the last 6 but sure.
She asked me if I was willing to re-cert and I said yes but whatever. My Google IT cert which is the same thing isn't worth shit I guess so that's a scam. Thanks Googs...
In any case, if you had half a day to crash study for a stupid fucking IT interview that was the equivalent of a 10 min speed date, what would you brush up on?
I ask because like you literally just google what you don't know. Everyone in the industry knows this, but you can't fucking say that at an interview. Just like when they say "can you tell me about you employment gaps?" you can't say "well you see I was fired from jobs because I am autistic." I already and prepped to lie and say I've been doing freelance IT and web dev in my spare time and that also covers those gaps.
Edit: done with interview. They closed the position on Monday because a guy that quit asked for his job back. I'm going to go kill myself now.
some bullshit about how somehow "Hospital jobs feel more like real jobs" (a line used successfully for real by one of my friends) and some fluff about that particular hospital 'making a difference in the community' or some shit that a short goog search will find. Since they're low-key gauging your servility this tactic might involve less pain. Freelance should only be leveraged to cover employment gaps only, because you want to work for a cause 'greater than yourself'. Hospital cats eat that shit up mane. Will you be responsible for infosec in this position? Maybe you're passionate about HIPAA iunno.
I'm a fantastic bullshitter, but IT specific interviews are beyond my experience tho so, yknow, take it for what it's worth. Good luck!
Teach me lol.
Good points all around. I will try to save the freelance line in case they grill me on gaps only. It's one of the 2 major hospitals here and it's where we had both our kids so that could also be useful regarding "making a difference". I'm gonna try the "hospital jobs are real jobs" line too hopefully.
"I fell like the work and commitment that [hospital] does for the community is so important and I think I have the skillset to help [hospital] continue to make a difference, etc etc."