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Hi Ladies and Gents,

I have been head hunted for an interview on Monday for an international manufacturing firm as an IT Manager...

Now I'll be honest with you guys, It's not that I doubt I could do the job, I just think I'm obviously not going to know EVERYTHING right away but it is nothing that cannot be googled and learned rather quickly. I haven't lied on my CV before you ask.

What things should I brush up on for the interview? and using what materials? as a hiring manager what would you guys ask?

I mean, the network manager at my last job at the high school knew hardly anything when he was employed, it was over his 5 years there that he learned everything he had simply by doing the job.

Obviously, I am only 20, so even getting an interview is pretty nice for me, my CV wasn't even exaggerated. Which makes me concerned I am just going to flop at the interview.

 

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Mate I'm sure U'll be fine, after all an interviews an interview . I guess they would'nt have asked you for an nterview if they didn't think you could do it Go for it mate, hope it goes welll!
Dave

 

The job may be called IT Manager but i would not expect a big wage or having a lot of people below you, i would guess that you may be the only person dealing with IT in the company.

 

£25,000 to £30,000PA

So as for a big wage? what does that count as on the scale of things at 20 years old? given my last Manager was in charge of an entire school and only got 26k and it is the role and a programmer only in this office.

 

For a 20 year old that is very, very good money my friend! When I was 20 ten years ago I was still stuck at uni. Finished uni at 22 and started on 14.5k. Good luck and I hope you get it!

 

Too be honest, I haven't been in my current role too long, so I will be relating back to my 8 months at the High School. Upon which, I took charge of almost everything because the manager was content with "it will never get done so don't ask or bother" so it was me that Visualised all the back up servers with ESXi, me that used a terminal server so staff could do work from home (we couldn't get the VPN working, used remote desktop whilst we sorted it) me that pushed for proper decisions and so on, but in order for me to mention that, I would have to mention that whilst my last manager was a great tech, he was a **** manager.

 

Yea, it's just wording it right and getting the point across without it sounding like I'm bitching. I could say "in practice, me and the network manager shared pretty equal roles"

 

Not sure if you are questioning whether that is a big wage or not....but given your age and experience it is certainly a good one.

 

When you're talking about this at the interview make sure that you use the correct term, virtualized

 

Virtualised . We are not in Kansas now son