I need your help with an interview

timmothy · 25 Nov 2017 at 21:03

Hi fellow over clockers.

I know there are some great people on here who have helped me out immensely in the past and I could really need some help.

I have an interview on Monday for a firm selling security equipment to companies. It's a sales/tech position. The phonecall I had with the man was the hardest I have ever had and went on for over half an hour. I can imagine the interview is going to be a killer.

They want a good knowledge of ip cameras and networking which is my weakest area. I have been looking online and it is a minefield of information. Does anyone know of any site or learning material that I can get clued up on the subject with less than 4 hours of study? Or be able to offer some real world experience if it's what you do as a job?

Thanks for your help

NoobCannon · 25 Nov 2017 at 21:26

Suggest asking in the careers section.

dowie · 25 Nov 2017 at 22:01

just kidding, but I would suspect that if they're particularly thorough about their competency testing then a few hours study the night before isn't going to make a huge difference - probably better to be up front/honest with them and point out what relevant experience you do have (and which they can test) and just emphasise that you're technically competent and can get up to speed relatively quickly to fill any gaps in knowledge etc...

I think you'll often find that for plenty of jobs no candidate is going to tick all the boxes, I don't think it is a good idea to pretend you have knowledge of a particular area though if you've only just read up about it the day before

asim18 · 25 Nov 2017 at 22:06

Haha people like this are why thousands of IP security cameras are never properly firewalled and end up broadcasting to the whole world.

footman · 25 Nov 2017 at 22:08

There's a company based in Dover called use-ip who have a very useful website with lots of information including YouTube videos .There's also a forum you could look at.

Quartz · 25 Nov 2017 at 22:15

As long as you are conversant with the main concepts you should be fine. Emphasise that you can learn the specifics of the products you'll be selling. Technology can be learned; selling is a skill and an art.

timmothy · 26 Nov 2017 at 02:53

Thank you so much for the replys. I think youre right about being honest and just hope there isn't anyone more competent. I have setup a xiaomi ip camera but obviously that's in a totally different league but the person on the phone really latched on and then accused me of lying to him when I couldn't explain the steps to setup one of their ones. The xiaomi one is pretty much plug and play. Also networking isn't one of my greatest skills.