Intership Preparation
CV (Curriculum Vitae)
The CV is the most important thing. It is always good to start creating your CV from 2nd year because you can update it frequently and finally it will include all necessary details. You must make it attractive and it must include your contact details,your education, details about your past project that you did, your achievements, the technologies you are expert at and referee details. It is always important to put the true details. If you are not good in any technologies don’t put those. For the CV creation you can download the Illustrator template and you can edit those. You can use microsoft word templates also. If you use illustrator then it will be attractive and easier to modify rather than word. So i recommend you to use illustrator.
CV templates : https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/cv-template
Before you apply your CV, check the spelling mistaks, grammer check and necessary details are there. Check your phone number working correctly. It is always important because If they select you then they will contact you via the mobile number you include.
Interview
After you apply your CV you will be called for an interview and sometime you will be given some task to check your knowledge.Next important thing is the interview. You must attend the interview very confidently. Most of the companies conduct the interview via English .If you are not fluent in English please prepare yourself to answer the questions. It is not necessary to be fluent in English but you must answer confidently. Mostly they will ask these questions.
Tell Me About Yourself (3 to 5 minutes)
Currently, I am following (degree) at the University of Kelaniya.
Let me start with a few of my project experiences.
// Directly jump into your project experience. You can tell more important projects that you did.
The first one is, (Name of your project) and this is a group/ individual project.
Project 01
- Objective
- Your role (if it is a group project)
- Technology stack overall and then yours (what you use)
- Why did you select them ?
- Current status
The 2nd project is, (Name of your project) and this is a group/ individual project.
Project 02
- Objective
- Your role (if it is a group project)
- Technology stack overall and then yours (what you use)
- Why did you select them ?
- Current status
The 3rd one is, (Name of your project) and this is a group/ individual project.
Project 03
- Objective
- Your role (if it is a group project)
- Technology stack overall and then yours (what you use)
- Why did you select them ?
- Current status
//make sure that these details and your CV details will be matching and you include these details in your CV.
If you are maintaining a blog or anything like that explain it here. Your linkedIn articles etc.
You can tell your achievements. You can tell the workshops or Hackathon you particpate.
Extra curricular activities
What is your five year plan ?
Tell about your future plan that related Jobs. Don’t say I am going to marry someone.
sample: I would like to focus on technical streams. Specially in machine learning and data science.I am planning to start a MSc in ML after i completed the degree. After 5 years time, I hope that I will be in a position to lead a team with more confidence and knowledge.
What is your biggest weakness ?
This is very tricky question. your answer must be create good impression on you. Don’t say you don’t have any weakness or I don’t know. If you say I don’t know, It will reflect you don’t know about you very well.
sample : I feel that sometimes I am too emotional. If I wanted to be a good team leader I believe that being emotional is not an issue but if it is too much, then there will be an issue.I am reading books that related to how to handle our emotions and psychology. I’m working on that and I think with the exposure to the industry I’ll be able to handle that properly.
From this answer, you tell that you are reading books. like this answer you can get good impression and your weakness at the same time.
