Bootcamps have been existing for a while now and yes they are really worth it because there is no course that is going to give you that kind of learning curve within such a short amount of time. But the real challenge is to get yourself hired. Now, ideally, you should be choosing only coding boot camps with placements.
But a coding Bootcamp can only offer you the chance of getting a placement. It is upon you to nail your placement interview with all the knowledge that you have acquired and get yourself HIRED!
So this post is going to be about how you can absolutely nail your placement interview and start your high-paying dream tech career.
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Before we get to the actual part of this post. Allow us to tell you that this post is brought to you by Emonics Academy and we are an online & offline Bootcamp that takes you on the course of an intensive coding program to help you land your dream job.
We also help you land your dream job with our placement program that is part of the Bootcamp. And we work on a Study Now Pay Later program as we want to eliminate “Education Friction” in the US.
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Okay so now, let’s get back to, Tips to prepare for your placement interview as a coder!
1. Make a top-notch portfolio ready!
When it comes to getting hired as a coder, your resume/CV is just not enough. You need to have your portfolio website/software/application ready and give it all to those portfolio projects because your capabilities will be judged based on that.
Your portfolio project is an awesome opportunity to showcase some of your best work and basically pour in all of your knowledge learned from the Bootcamp to impress the recruiters.
You can basically introduce yourself within your portfolio project and give a chance to the recruiter to know you better
Here is a short list of things that you can include:
Bio/About
Deployed projects with source code (documented)
Downloadable resume
Links to relevant social profiles (LinkedIn & Twitter)
Your Contact Info.
Now when you are enrolled into Emonics Free Coding Bootcamp we also give tips and tricks on how to build a neat portfolio that would make you stand out in front of the recruiters.
2. Make effective use of LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the perfect place to hangout as a professional. A lot of employers and recruiters go through profiles of various coders and they thoroughly try to look for coding talent on the platform.
In such a case you should put your best foot forward and try to gain exposure on the platform by sharing your professional experiences.
The very first thing is for you to make sure that your profile is fully optimized with a neat professional photo, a detailed description, and your resume/CV.
Ideally you should be putting as much details as possible but keep in mind, you should not be writing your whole life saga in there. While you want to put as much detail as possible you should also make your description easy to grasp and well formatted.
Your goal should be to not waste the recruiters time while giving as much details as possible.
This will make you stand out and your chances of scoring an interview will get much higher.
Make sure that you clearly mention in your profile that you are open to being hired and populate the career interests section of the LinkedIn with the skills that you possess so that identification process for the recruiter becomes easier.
Apart from all that is above, you can also use LinkedIn for:
- You can go on and look for the experts in the industry to mentor you with the real world experiences that they have acquired.
- You can also select your preferences in order to get similar recommendations.
- You can basically go out and get connected with people and increase your network
3. Prepare for the coding challenges in interview
Now this is basically the core part of the interview. You can have a top-notch portfolio and a great profile & network on LinkedIn but you should also prepare yourself for all the coding questions and tasks that you are going to face in the placement interview. Because at the end of the day they’d want you to see how you perform.
This is more likely to happen with you as you are going to be interviewing with no prior techjob experience.
Interviewers can literally throw coding challenges that can range something as simple as the fizzbuzz challenge to building an even entire project.
You should definitely spend more time practicing skills in building test projects to polish your skills that you learn from Bootcamp.
Practicing consistently will definitely prepare you for any challenge that they throw at you.
You can use these websites to hone your technical knowledge for the interview.
However, at Emonics Academy our teachers who are pioneers in their field teach you the same one on one. So you have nothing to worry about. However, self-learning is always encouraged.
You can check out our bootcamps here.
And the last tip of today is:
4. Get yourself in a group or a community
This is a gold mine of a tip on which the entire education system is based on anywhere in the world. You learn best when you have like-minded people around you. And also, you can’t get through alone. You need to collaborate and exchange ideas to make yourself and your friends better everyday.
There are a lot of coder/developer communities online on Twitter, LinkedIn, Discord, and Telegram. You will explore something new everyday in these communities helping you learn and push yourself towards you dream career everyday.
You can also join our community of like-minded professionals who have benefited from Emonics Academy. While at the same time, speak with a Learning Advisor who will be able to answer any queries you might have.
- Learn about our courses & Bootcamps both Online/Offline
- Discuss Tuition fees & scholarships that you can avail
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Hope you liked this piece from Emonics Academy.
Until next time!