lost and found Job

I am trying for job but i am tired, my strategy is not working, i am not able to find job.

lets try to analyze what could have been done better.

• First and foremost though you have done Great things, it has to be documented well : RESUME , this is the first and foremost thing i would say which speaks for you, and if it does not get short-listed then doesnt make sense what knowledge base you have and who you are .
• Now lets see how to get the resume short-listed: who short-lists the resume? Its HR(human resources Department ) in most of the cases in many companies, what do they look for in the resume  [ Where he/she has done the education, which university, Which year, what stream, How many years of Experience, How much of that experience is relevant to the requirement, What company he is coming from, Does his previous company is also our kind of work they do, and some technical jargons/keywords/protocols/tool-names/skill-sets, papers, patents, Awards, (if any , as an added advantage). So Please Ensure whether these are there in your resume.
• O.k. now your resume is in the HR hands, now what next , HR passes your resume to the Technical manager of a specific Team, now it needs to get shortlisted for the requirement and need to be short-listed for the interview. so what does the Technical person looks for , he/she also looks the same in the previous para, as well as looks for projects, what kind of projects, how importance/relevance to our requirement, whether the projects looks meaningful or looks to be cooked up or junk  or Is the project just looks like an basic college ( i would call pre-undergrad stuff), what was the persons Roles and Responsibilities, how much was the duration of the project, what would had been the complexity level, and so many information any person would try to extract from it.
• Assume your resume gets short-listed , now what next : How to get through is the toughest of all questions to be answered, lets try to analyze…
• There are many aspects to the interview : Technical / Non-Technical stuff, what is the Technical Stuff ( Have you really done what ever you had written down in your Resume or false one, If you commit you have done something how confident are you in your answers, your analytical skills, Technical skills, If you have not ventured in to some domain and the interviewer asks some question then how do you really handle that stuff to try to get to options of solutions/trade-off’s, your strategy/methodology in solving the stuff and things like that.
• Now lets come to the Non-Technical skills : like Stress Management ( any real project will demand your time and increase your stress , so a basic stress test to check whether you will crip when project pressure comes or just an understanding how would you handle it, Time-Management: Fundamental point if you come to the interview late this is a data-point that you are messing up in the first and foremost , so plan yourself to be prompt to the interview schedule.
• Some Interviewers would be really boring you and testing your patience level, but still increase your threshold of patience level, it is just in that seat so be it, your turn would also come some time (Every Dog has its day , this is what my friend used to tell me, when i used to get pissed off with my interviews (10 years old story)…. so never loose patience.
• Now a days many companies has the fashion that more number of interviewers in an interview schedule for a candidate there is a wrong notion that the candidate feels the competition in getting that post/requirement filled, so never mind if five interviewers are interviewing view in a day , no wonder almost all the persons will start with "Tell me about your self" or "A brief about you" or "Sorry i was busy with the project , so i was not able to go-through your resume so please tell about you". So mentally prepare yourself as a tape-recorder to repeat the same question , the worst part would be you never know who is the deciding authority, so maintain your charm/rhythm/patience and above enjoy your day. So prepare for the basic questions like "Tell about yourself, very well, "What is the reason for leaving the company", "Prepare a brief about your project work/abstract of your project/complexities handled/any  good solution you had given in the tough time of the project, these things we usually work and forget as soon as the project ends, we as a Designer/Engineer lack a lot in document (say project documentation or be it a personal documentation (Resume writing)), so prepare yourself.
• "Attitude is the Key to Altitude"

To prepare yourself for the Technical Stuff, visit

http://www.vlsichipdesign.com/index.php/Chip-Design-Articles/asic-knowledge-house.html

Regarding Frequently asked interview Questions, almost 50 pages,  visit

http://www.vlsichipdesign.com/index.php/Chip-Design-Articles/vlsiasic-interview-questions.html

Regarding the companies where to apply , visit (still many companies need to added, give me time)

http://www.vlsichipdesign.com/index.php/Chip-Design-Articles/design-companies-india.html

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