I am here to ask a few questions regarding the qualities/skills a company seeks in a fresher.
- What is a fresher from a company's point of view?
- How much does the institution from which he/she is coming matter?
- Do companies try to measure the technical skills of the candidate?
- What type of non-technical questions can one ask an IT fresher and why?
There are a few more questions to be asked and some topics that need to be discussed. Please help! Thank you all.
From United Kingdom, Belfast
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- What is a fresher from a company's point of view?
- How much does the institution from which he/she is coming matter?
- Do companies try to measure the technical skills of the candidate?
- What type of non-technical questions can one ask an IT fresher and why?
There are a few more questions to be asked and some topics that need to be discussed. Please help! Thank you all.
From United Kingdom, Belfast
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Perhaps it would be best to first understand the viewpoint of a prospective employer. Let's say you are the big boss at some company and you are the one responsible for hiring people. Now, you will probably need to look at the various levels of a project to decide who should be employed.
Now, there will be different levels of work involved and naturally different levels of expertise required. A project manager would probably not spend two hours writing a small module in a program, and thus there is a need for people who are starting out in their careers and also need that kind of exposure—freshers, if you like to put it that way.
Now on to your questions:
What is a fresher from a company's point of view?
A fresher is someone who is starting out in their career, and thus it is a grand noble act by the employer to employ them and let them gain the experience to eventually move on to bigger things.
How much does the institution from where he/she is coming matter?
Someone once said, “Any place that anyone young can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution.” Saying that, you are reading this post in one too. :) But to tell you seriously, the educational institute is merely a reflection of the person’s motivation to be in a field. Of course, there are other ways to show motivation. For example, in our company, there is a senior programmer who learned programming from a very small institute but is now one of the highest paid in the company (well, mainly because he eventually got into open-source development and knew more about programming than most people in the office). Thus, the educational institute matters but can be preceded by motivation or achievements.
Are companies trying to measure the candidate technically?
I don’t understand this question really, but yes, if you are looking for a job that is technical in nature, companies will measure how technically sound you are with your subjects.
What type of non-technical questions can one ask an IT fresher and why?
Okay, for this, you can quickly review <link no longer exists - removed> to get a fair idea of what your interviewee can ask.
From India, Gurgaon
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675Now, there will be different levels of work involved and naturally different levels of expertise required. A project manager would probably not spend two hours writing a small module in a program, and thus there is a need for people who are starting out in their careers and also need that kind of exposure—freshers, if you like to put it that way.
Now on to your questions:
What is a fresher from a company's point of view?
A fresher is someone who is starting out in their career, and thus it is a grand noble act by the employer to employ them and let them gain the experience to eventually move on to bigger things.
How much does the institution from where he/she is coming matter?
Someone once said, “Any place that anyone young can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution.” Saying that, you are reading this post in one too. :) But to tell you seriously, the educational institute is merely a reflection of the person’s motivation to be in a field. Of course, there are other ways to show motivation. For example, in our company, there is a senior programmer who learned programming from a very small institute but is now one of the highest paid in the company (well, mainly because he eventually got into open-source development and knew more about programming than most people in the office). Thus, the educational institute matters but can be preceded by motivation or achievements.
Are companies trying to measure the candidate technically?
I don’t understand this question really, but yes, if you are looking for a job that is technical in nature, companies will measure how technically sound you are with your subjects.
What type of non-technical questions can one ask an IT fresher and why?
Okay, for this, you can quickly review <link no longer exists - removed> to get a fair idea of what your interviewee can ask.
From India, Gurgaon
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