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10 IT job interview questions and answers

Here’s what the interviewer is likely to ask.

What you’ll learn:

What do employers want to see from IT professionals?

The most common IT job interview questions in NZ

1. Questions about your capabilities

We recommend you become fluent in one or two of the most common coding languages.

2. How do you deal with a project involving tech or tools you’re not used to?

3. How do you stay on top of industry trends and developments?

4. Tell me about a process you’ve improved

The interviewer will want specific examples of work you've done in the past.

5. How do you work with people outside the IT/tech department?

6. Do you work well under pressure?

7. Tell me about a project that didn’t go to plan

8. Problem solving questions

9. You find a bug in some code introduced by a colleague, what do you do?

10. What are your preferred and least preferred tools and why?