Ace the Technical Interview: How to Get the Best Job in the Computer Industry

A guide to navigating in today's fiercely competitive market is designed for computer professionals in transition and reflects dominant market trends and vital new areas of job opportunity including Delphi, PowerBuilder, and SYBASE. (Advanced)

Prepare yourself for virtually any question a job interviewer might ask! With technologies evolving so rapidly, it's hard for even the most knowledgeable computer professional to handle a job interview with confidence, aplomb, and precise answers to tough technical questions. This is especially true when it comes to information about such vital new areas of job opportunity as Visual Basic, C++, Delphi, PowerBuilder, SYBASE, the World Wide Web, and client/server environments. Here's a book that will enable you to ace any technical interview, as it provides 2000 answers to challenging and difficult questions in a wide range of important areas, including the most timely and up-to-the minute. Revised and updated to include the dramatic changes in the computer field over the past few years, this new edition of the best-selling book that sold over 10,000 copies in its popular first edition offers invaluable real-world guidance-because each chapter is written by a technical expert with actual hiring experience! Retaining the popular Q&A format of the first edition, Ace the Technical Interview teaches you how to: control the interview process and turn it to your advantage; Spot "curve-ball"/trick questions; Brush up on important technical skills; Understand the selection process that is followed by an employer when deciding which applicant to hire; Give the kinds of credible answers the interviewer is expecting from a well-qualified candidate; Learn the types of questions asked when applying for a job as project manager. Filled with win-win interview techniques, over 2000 sample technical questions, updates on hot new areas, and more, here is a crash course on acing your next technical interview and getting the job you want!