Here's my two (15) cents. 1. Keep trying
2. If you are willing to relocate, interview all over the country. Only put a cell phone and no address in your resume. If 03 sees 04 they will not call and even if they do call they will hire a 03 if they find one equal. When they ask you where you live tell them where and stress your willingness to relocate. 3. Just like you want them to hire you without too much work experience, be willing to take a lower salary, let them know and let them know why. You will certainly raise (sic.) above it. 4. It sounds like you do have a lot of experience maybe you need to make it stand out in your resume. Show your LUG activity. Show your FOSS experience and present it like it was a job/project in language they can understand and want to hear. How big is the project? How many lines of code? Estimated # of installations? How many developers? Show your startup experience. 4.a. Emphasize that you are a hard worker and got involved with the FOSS projects because they interest you and you can't stand being idle. You have to convince them that you have a workaholic attitude even though you've 'never' worked. 5. List the tools you've used. CVS, Subversion, Eclipse etc. Part of the problem with fresh graduates is that they don't always have experience with the tools of industry. 6. Understand that interviewing is like dating. You have to wow them in order to get anywhere and at the same time be confident and keep their attention. Try to understand what they want and speak their language. 7. Research the company, their market and the related technologies. Start at their web site. If they sense you put in the time or even just fit naturally, it will be in your favor. 8. Don't carry books with you to the interview. (Joke) 9. Don't start taking notes in the middle of the interview. (Joke) 10. I have found that jobnet.co.il and runner.co.il are my best friends. 11. Be willing to take any decent job, even if it is not exactly what you want. If it is at a big enough company maybe you can move over to something that you prefer after a time. If not you can always move out. Moving out usually means moving up. 12. If you don't hear from them, call them or email them. Interviewees that make an effort stand out. 13. Pray (Not a joke) ;-) 14. Keep trying. 15. Welcome to the real world. Chaim On Thursday 08 March 2007 20:27, Tzahi Fadida wrote: > Hi, > > I contemplated whether to send this email to this list and i usually would > not be so public about this kind of thing, however, i am a bit at a loss > and in need of some tips so i hope you'd bear with me. > I have recently finished my MSc studies and wanted to find a linux related > job. Not necessarily kernel hacking/device drivers though this is what most > attracts. I can say without a doubt that it is difficult to convince > potential employers of your capabilities without a proven working > experience. It is the old chicken and the egg problem. I would have thought > that 3 separate degrees and my 2 years experience with PostgreSQL internals > would have some leverage, however, i came to believe that this is a myth. > Usually it goes like this, i get 2-3 professional interviews and then get a > negative answer. I get the feeling these big companies i go to, just fill > their interview quotas and in the end takes people with the most working > experience. Especially in the north, where there are something like 30 > people contending per job. > Can someone throw some tips as to how i should proceed? > 10x. > > P.s.: As to some who would have paranoid thoughts that this is self > advertising, let me assure you that you are only partly correct, but there > is no other way to ask the question. So i apologize in advance for that > part. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
