Get prepared for a technical interview at any technological company by using the experience from a company recruiter and one of the senior managers.

1. How to find a dream job?
Jiří Folta
Senior Corporate Recruiter
Radek Vokál
Platform Business Unit Manager
Red Hat Czech s.r.o.
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2. Agenda
● From school to work in 5 steps
● Social media
● Technical interview
● What can you do with Red Hat as a student?
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3. Step one – Decide on the form of cooperation –
planning phase
● Internship
● Diploma/bachelors thesis
● Cooperation on a project
● Part-time/temporary job
● Full-time job
● Think about your expectation
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4. Step two – scan the market
● Job boards
● University postings, programs
● Job fairs
● Postings in public transport
● Ask your friends!
● Social media
● Create a shortlist of companies you are interested in
● Start as soon as possible to get in touch with the
companies
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5. Step three – build your CV
● Choose a format of the CV
● europass http://www.europass.cz/ / LinkedIn, Xing
export / your own format
● Essential information on CV: personal info (phone #),
education and qualifications, work experience (school
projects)
● Add as much detail as possible (links to your projects,
blog, portfolio)
● Be realistic (do not put skills you do not actually have)
● Customize the CV based on the position/company you
are applying to
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● Review your CV, maybe involve someone else as well

6. Step Four – Apply for the job
● Cover letter
● Wait for the contact
● Be agile, follow up if you do not hear back from the
company
● If you started early with looking for a job, you can skip
all the steps above
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7. Step Five – Interview I – company perspective
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8. Step Five – Interview II – best practices
● Do your homework – know your “enemy”!
● Review the company website, projects, products, think
about what you want to ask up-front, check social media
● Make sure you come to the right place at the right time
● Be yourself and honest, do not oversell
● Do not be afraid to say “I do not know”
● Ask when you are not sure
● You got a new job :)
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9. Social media
● How much time did it take following media to reach
50.000.000 users?
● radio: 38 years
● TV: 13 years
● Internet: 4 years
● iPod: 3 years
● Facebook: 2 years
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10. Evolution of hiring
THEN NOW
● HR generalists ● Internal recruitment
● Employment agencies ● Employment branding
● Printed ads ● Company career portals
● Job websites ● Personal brand
● Paper CV ● Social media
● Events
● Personal network!
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11. Why should we use Linkedin?
● World’s largest professional network
● More than 120 million members in over 200 countries
● 2 new members per second
● 50% of Fortune 500 companies hire through Linkedin
● New student platform designed to help students find internships
and entry level positions
● Profiles customized for students
● Build network with fellow alumni
● Maintain references on your online profile
● Follow interesting companies, join related groups and easily
contact employers about opportunities
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12. Linkedin VS Facebook
● Linkedin is a professional ● Facebook is a personal
networking site networking site
● No games, no photos, no ● Games, photos, chat
chat ● Personal info includes
● Personal info is purely relationship status, religious
professional affiliation, etc.
● Job postings ● Can follow companies
● Business news
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13. Isn’t Linkedin very US oriented?
● 50%+ members are currently located outside of the
US.
● CZ has over 230,000 members.
● CZ is experiencing 48% YOY growth on Linkedin.
● SK has 188,000 members and is experiencing 53%
YOY growth.
● Red Hat, Oracle, Google, Microsoft, HP, CA and Dell
are all using Linkedin to hire professionals in CZ.
● Linkedin will be visiting universities around the EU to
promote the college site.
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14. How to build a successful profile
● Use the profile builder tool
● Select the basic, free profile
● Use the summary section to give an overview of what
your degree and skills.
● In the summary, focus on what type of position you are
looking for – be flexible.
● For your specialties, list only those technologies you
consider yourself well versed in.
● List your positions and briefly explain your
responsibilities; provide examples of achievements
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15. How to build your profile, cont.
● Limit positions to jobs related to your field of interest;
no need to include retail or restaurant work
● Include your educational information; you can make
many connections through former classmates.
● Add a photo
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16. How to build your network
● Your network is made up of people you know or would
like to know
● Relationships = colleague,classmate, business partner,
friend, group, other
● Start with fellow students and alumni and build from
there
● Be open to requests
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17. Groups
● Linkedin currently has over 500,000 groups.
● Groups include university alumni associations,
employers, technology user groups, country or city
networking groups and more.
● Examples
● Masaryk University Alumni
● IT at Brno University of Technology
● Czech and Slovak Professional Community
● Czech Java Users Group
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18. Recommendations
● Gain credibility for yourself
● Only ask people who can truly speak about your work
or studies to be a recommendation
● If possible, get 1-2 recommendations for each position
you have held or project you have participated in
● You can choose to accept or reject a recommendation
from someone
● Offer to write a recommendation for someone you
know well.
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19. Endorsement
● One click recommendations
● Endorsements validate your skills
● Only endorse skills you can assess
● Manage your endorsements
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20. Finding Jobs via Linkedin
● Start with the student job portal:
http://www.linkedin.com/studentjobs
● Search based on location
● Make sure your profile is complete before you apply
● Reach out to the recruiter
● Follow the company to stay informed on job openings
● Look for people in your network that work at this
company or are connected to someone who does
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21. Privacy Settings
● You can adjust your privacy settings by clicking on “setting”
in the top right hand corner, under your name.
● You can hide your connections from view by other users.
● You can select the types of messages or invitations you are
willing to receive.
● You can choose a setting which will not let users know if
you have viewed their profile. The down side to this is that
you can’t see who viewed your profile.
● You can manage your preferences for advertising.
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22. Linkedin Features
● Linkedin offers many useful applications
● Github
● Twitter
● Events
● Huddle, Box, Slideshare, Manymoon – Collaboration
Tools
● Answers – Post and answer professional questions
● You can follow companies on Linkedin
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23. Where to learn more about Linkedin
● Visit the Linkedin Learning Center
http://learn.linkedin.com/
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24. Technical interview
Radek Vokal <rvokal@redhat.com>

35. What can you do with Red Hat as a student?
● Bachelor’s and Diploma thesis:
http://fedora.cz/diplomky/
● Internships: http://fedora.cz/internships/
● Events:
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Open House – come and see us on 17th April
● http://www.devconf.cz/
● Fedora Test Days
● JBug - https://community.jboss.org/wiki/JBUGcz
● www.linuxalt.cz/
● Contests: Open Source Contest 2013 -
http://lasaris.fi.muni.cz/pps/open-source-contest-2013
● Full-time/part-time roles http://jobs.redhat.com/
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36. Q&A
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