With no history of professional success in your chosen field, yes.Does Academic results matters when trying to get a good job?
IOW, your chances of making the major leagues right out of school are strongly dependent on academic performance. But you can join a "farm team" from which you can advance at a later date based upon demonstrated performance.When I was first putting out applications as an undergrad there were companies that would not even consider you if your GPA wasn't at least a 3.8. I asked one of them during an interview if that didn't seem a bit short-sighted given the large number of students that had tremendous practical skills and common sense but that, for whatever reason, didn't translate into a high GPA. His response was quite enlightening. He said that I was completely correct and that the 3.8 GPA criteria was entirely artificial and that it's sole purpose was to limit the new-grad applicant pool to a number they could manage. They just had no practical way to identify the good "real world" candidates from the total pool and knew that they could find enough "real world" candidates within that narrowed pool to meet their needs. But he also pointed out that the 3.8 GPA limit only applied to new grads. He said that if you had more than a couple of years of relevant work experience, that they didn't even look at GPA because they had enough other things to take into consideration. The end result is that they still got to see the low-GPA-but-good-engineers, just not fresh out of the gate.
Hi Sir, I am currently working as a junior programmer or some say student apprentice. Will my job interviewer still look at my results?IOW, your chances of making the major leagues right out of school are strongly dependent on academic performance. But you can join a "farm team" from which you can advance at a later date based upon demonstrated performance.
I would if I were the interviewer. A practical test is often part of an interview. Try to find out from any previous interviewees of your would-be employer.Will my job interviewer still look at my results?
Or will they possibly test my current work knowledge?
Are you serious? No-one knows everything about any subject. You would likely be assessed as someone prone to exaggeration and it would cast doubt on the veracity of other answers to interview questions.Is it safe for me to tell the interviewer I know all that there is to know in Java and my academic results are not important?
Don't ever tell an interviewer that you 'know all there is to know' about anything because nobody knows everything about anything. There is always more to learn. Going for a java programming job, knowledge of java is good. Be prepared to say what programs you have written, what problems you had and how you overcame them.Is it safe for me to tell the interviewer I know all that there is to know in Java and my academic results are not important?
Hi. Obviously I don't know everything in Java I'm making an example. Forgive me I'm not good at expressing myself.Don't ever tell an interviewer that you 'know all there is to know' about anything because nobody knows everything about anything. There is always more to learn. Going for a java programming job, knowledge of java is good. Be prepared to say what programs you have written, what problems you had and how you overcame them.
First, if you know all that there is to know about Java (or practically any other language of comparable complexity) then you are probably well-past time for a retirement home. So if you tell a technical interviewer that you know all there is to know in Java, they will snort into their coffee and immediately conclude that you are either a really pompous ass or that you know so little about Java that you actually believe your own hype because you just haven't scratched the surface enough to know better yet.Hi Sir, I am currently working as a junior programmer or some say student apprentice. Will my job interviewer still look at my results?
Or will they possibly test my current work knowledge?
For example I have to go for Java programmers Job.
If I try and master Java programming and know all that there is to know about Java. Is it safe for me to tell the interviewer I know all that there is to know in Java and my academic results are not important?
A friend told me his boss interviewed a student who had cum laude all distinctions but failed the interview.
For most technical positions the biggest bang for the buck is to demonstrate sound problem solving skills and to be able to convey how you are going about solving the problem. Clearly state what assumptions you making, what estimates you are using, and what those estimates are based on. Remember, as an engineer of any flavor what you bring to the table is the ability to solve people's problems. The specific tools you use to do that are almost irrelevant because if you can convince an interviewer that you have the ability to effectively solve problems using whatever tools you know, then they will accept on face value that you will quickly be able to effectively solve problems using their specific tool set.Hi. Obviously I don't know everything in Java I'm making an example. Forgive me I'm not good at expressing myself.
Awesome so I never tell the interviewer I know everything.
How can I then impress the Interview?
Where I work only have bursary students so they never interview people so they don't know much. They tell me to google typical interview stuff or go on youtube.
Thank you
Hi Sir. Thank you so much this is very profound what you stated. I never think of it in this way.For most technical positions the biggest bang for the buck is to demonstrate sound problem solving skills and to be able to convey how you are going about solving the problem. Clearly state what assumptions you making, what estimates you are using, and what those estimates are based on. Remember, as an engineer of any flavor what you bring to the table is the ability to solve people's problems. The specific tools you use to do that are almost irrelevant because if you can convince an interviewer that you have the ability to effectively solve problems using whatever tools you know, then they will accept on face value that you will quickly be able to effectively solve problems using their specific tool set.
Hi, I am currently doing self study in Java and also going for interviews and tests since I am done with with my BTECH. I have realized that grades are important when it comes to specific companies and fields such as engineering. In IT (software development) I don't think excellent grades matters so much, as long as you know how to perform the tasks and develop the applications which are required. I know people who have CUM LAUDE (distinction aggregate) but can not do simple development in Java or C++ even for simple LINUX or UNIX scripting. They tend to study to get the distinctions and thereafter forget the information what they have studied which could be a result for cramming. They are book smart but not very practical. I always remember a very wise person who came to speak at the local church said: knowledge is the accumulation of facts but wisdom is the application of knowledge we should not just acquire facts like a sponge but able to apply the facts and knowledge into real work environment which helps us to be both book smart and "practically smart".Hello
According to me in most of the science and engineering colleges it does not matter how well you score provided you have scored more than a certain cut off percentage or grade. For example in a college following Grade Points form of evaluation, if a company calls for a cut off of around 8.50 and all the students who have scored above this can take the aptitude test. Likewise it happens for most of the companies hiring for employees.
More Importantly what we learn is of the highest prior importance than what we have scored.
Naturally, it depends.My colleagues say that success in life does not depend on the grades obtained in school.
I'm guessing that those colleagues didn't get good grades in school.My colleagues say that success in life does not depend on the grades obtained in school.
Bingo. The only people I've ever heard say that grades don't matter are those that didn't get good ones.I'm guessing that those colleagues didn't get good grades in school.
Hi Sir, thank you this is a very wise answer. I will use this analogy when this type of question comes up later in life. I'm just starting off my career and most of you are very experienced at most levels of work and academics. So we can learn from you all. Experience is the best teacher.I'm guessing that those colleagues didn't get good grades in school.
Ask yourself this -- if you had the choice of seeing two surgeons and all you knew about them was that one graduated at the top of their class and the other graduated at the bottom, would you really be satisfied with just flipping a coin to decide which one you let operate on you, or would you rather choose one over the other because you believed that their school ranking actually might have some correlation as to their likely eventual skill as a surgeon?
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