Landed an interview today
FillAwful
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I got an interview for a business application specialist 1 position with the local city attorneys office. A step in the right direction for trying to launch my IT career with some experience as I finish my bachelors. I have decent interview skills and am very much a people person, so I feel like I have a good chance. Need to brush up on my SQL a little though before the interview.
Here is the job description in case anyone is interested:
Duties: Provide day-to-day user support of specialized computer and Microsoft Office applications; report system defects to vendor and/or the Communications and Information Technology (ComIT) department and recreate problems in test environment to identify user or system errors; assist in determining causes of system problems and work with various parties to determine appropriate corrective actions; monitor department service requests to ComIT with goal of identifying trends or outages that affect multiple users and notify the Business Application Specialist II (BAS II) accordingly; conduct discussions with staff to review, evaluate and analyze existing specialized applications and define problems effectively, making recommendations as appropriate; represent the department in new system implementations and coordinate additional departmental participation as needed; contribute to and/or develop user training materials; assist, as needed, with the maintenance and inventory of agency hardware and software; work closely with the departmental BAS II and provide updates as requested
Preferences: Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or a closely related degree; experience in successfully troubleshooting desktop support (hardware and software) issues; experience in providing administrative support and troubleshooting of specialized computer applications; experience in successfully implementing small- to medium-sized projects in an IT lead role; experience in developing trainings manuals and conducting training for users in computer applications; experience as a power user with Microsoft Office; experience in managing hardware/software inventories, experience in developing SQL queries; professional experience in the criminal justice system; experience in providing face-to-face/one on one IT support to end users
[FONT=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The salary is 43K[/FONT]
Here is the job description in case anyone is interested:
Duties: Provide day-to-day user support of specialized computer and Microsoft Office applications; report system defects to vendor and/or the Communications and Information Technology (ComIT) department and recreate problems in test environment to identify user or system errors; assist in determining causes of system problems and work with various parties to determine appropriate corrective actions; monitor department service requests to ComIT with goal of identifying trends or outages that affect multiple users and notify the Business Application Specialist II (BAS II) accordingly; conduct discussions with staff to review, evaluate and analyze existing specialized applications and define problems effectively, making recommendations as appropriate; represent the department in new system implementations and coordinate additional departmental participation as needed; contribute to and/or develop user training materials; assist, as needed, with the maintenance and inventory of agency hardware and software; work closely with the departmental BAS II and provide updates as requested
Preferences: Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or a closely related degree; experience in successfully troubleshooting desktop support (hardware and software) issues; experience in providing administrative support and troubleshooting of specialized computer applications; experience in successfully implementing small- to medium-sized projects in an IT lead role; experience in developing trainings manuals and conducting training for users in computer applications; experience as a power user with Microsoft Office; experience in managing hardware/software inventories, experience in developing SQL queries; professional experience in the criminal justice system; experience in providing face-to-face/one on one IT support to end users
[FONT=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The salary is 43K[/FONT]
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N2IT
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Awesome sounds like a junior system analyst position. That could lead to really good things! Learn that SQL it will take you FAR! I've been at it for 2 years and I am still really learning a lot. It's one of those skills you never master. -
CagePotan
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i hope you'll get that job
. I will have interview in a few days, maybe this is lucky month for us -
mjsinhsv
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Sounds like a great entry level position.
It will give you a great opportunity to learn customer service because it is a face-to-face position. -
FillAwful
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Well, some follow up. This was one of the worst interview experiences I've ever had. To begin with I woke up with a 102 degree fever the morning of. Not a good start, but I took a freezing shower and pumped myself full of medicine and went anyway.
It was a three person panel interview, one male lawyer, one female, and the current Business Application Specialist 2. The gentleman prosecuting attorney was not interested in being there at all. In fact every time I began to answer a question he would roll his eyes, check his watch, and make dismissive noises. Very unprofessional. To boot, he left half way through the interview, to go to court I presume.
Both lawyers spoke over top the BAS 2 who would end up being my supervisor I imagine, she wasn't able to get a word in over these pompous people.
I, of course, was not in my best form and I gave some of the worst answers to the interview questions ever.
Them: What is your process for troubleshooting computer issues. (not very specific)
Me: (blank stare) Umm, I guess I just kinda know what to do. You know, how to fix it. (face palm)
Uhg, it was awful. However, I'm certain I do not want to work for these people and I was happy to receive my rejection letter via certified mail.
I have some other promising leads as well including another interview with DoD.
