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How to Succeed in Next Job Search

Smartly U should DRIVE the Interview rather than the Interviewer

You should Answer what they want to Hear; not what you Know

This write-up is mainly intended for those who are in their Middle of Career : 10+ Years of Experience !!!

• At the very first outset and before You get to hear "Introduce Yourself", start by saying --- "Hearty Thanks for this Opportunity to represent myself; Glad if you could Share your Association with the Organization precisely on the Roles/Responsibilities. You should be looking forward to get to know his/herTitle/Designation (Team Lead/Tech Lead/Architect /Manager etc). If You do not get the Designation exactly, at least You will get to know his/her area of work.
• DRIVE it this Way for "Introduce Yourself posed by Tech Lead/Architect" -After precisely sharing your Academic Qualification/Certification(s) start saying Being Hands-On, thoroughly involved in the Design/Design Review/Development/Code Review/Unit Testing/Code Coverage/Continuous Engineering.
• DRIVE it this Way for "Notable Accomplishments in the Project posed by Lead/Architect" - Refactored the Code/Module which was a bottleneck and improved the Performance of Product/Service by X%. Saved considerable amount of time/efforts in Setting-up the Customer Demo Environment by Initiating and Implementing Continuous Deployment Process in the Project.
• DRIVE it this Way for "Introduce Yourself posed by Manager" - After precisely sharing your Academic Qualification/Certification(s) start saying Instrumental in bridging the gaps between the Requirements and Implementation by bringing in effective SDLC Processes.Measuring Resource Utilization, Doing Effort Estimation, Preparing   Project Metrics, Controlling Cost Over-run as well as Providing Status Report in Dashboards/Graphs.
• DRIVE it this Way for "Notable Accomplishments in the Project posed by Manager" - Proactively worked with Customer/Product Owner to minimize the "Changing Requirements" and convinced the Customer that the Requirements Change will be delivered as a "Change Request". Prepared "Defect Trend Analysis" as well as "Route Cause Analysis" Reports for the Project and instrumental in addressing and minimizing the defects. 

Design/Performance/Review/Refactor

Techies get excited by hearing the above words

Cost/Processes/Metrics/Estimation/Utilization !! 

Managers also get attracted to the above magical words  

Succeeding in Interview May or May Not Lead to the Job