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In an IT specialist interview, employers ask questions to determine your technical training, work experience, and communication skills. Expect the interviewer to ask technical questions that assess your coding, networking, and database management skills. Be prepared to discuss previous work projects as well as your problem-solving and time-management strategies.

Top IT Specialist Interview Questions & How to Answer

Question 1

Question #1: Which software packages have you used on the job?

How to answer
How to answer: This question allows you to share your work experience with different software products. Be sure to include the product version you used. Discuss your preferred software packages, including detailed reasons for your preferences. It is also helpful to review the software packages used by the prospective employer so that you can highlight your experience with their product.
Question 2

Question #2: How do you deal with a project that does not go to plan?

How to answer
How to answer: Your answer to this question demonstrates your ability to problem-solve and make decisions under pressure. Describe a problematic project you have worked on in the past, including the steps you took to rectify issues and the outcome of your actions. Be sure to include lessons you learned from the experience.
Question 3

Question #3: What are the major differences between SOAP and REST?

How to answer
How to answer: Interviewers use technical questions to assess your technical training, understanding of Web API services, and communication skills. Be sure to include specific details of SOAP and REST in your answer. If possible, discuss circumstances in your work history that involved one or both API services.

57,775 it specialist interview questions shared by candidates

They asked firstly what I know about options IT, why do you want to work at options? Tell me about any recent projects you’ve worked on, what did you learn from the project such as working with people that maybe didn’t pull their weight, talk me through your placement year, what did you enjoy about it, was there anything you didn’t enjoy, what were your daily tasks on placement, am I up for travelling for 3-6 months at a time, where do u see yourself in 5 years, what hobbies do you have outside of uni, what do I enjoy doing, do I enjoy working with people, if I were to put you into a team, what do you feel you would be lacking in, are you ok with doing a background check etc.
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Graduate IT Support

Interviewed at Options-IT

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Apr 29, 2019

They asked firstly what I know about options IT, why do you want to work at options? Tell me about any recent projects you’ve worked on, what did you learn from the project such as working with people that maybe didn’t pull their weight, talk me through your placement year, what did you enjoy about it, was there anything you didn’t enjoy, what were your daily tasks on placement, am I up for travelling for 3-6 months at a time, where do u see yourself in 5 years, what hobbies do you have outside of uni, what do I enjoy doing, do I enjoy working with people, if I were to put you into a team, what do you feel you would be lacking in, are you ok with doing a background check etc.

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