Current location:	North Baddesley
Current mood:	accomplished
Entry tags:	jobhunting

More job gubbins
Accenture decided that they didn't like me all that much, and I can't say I'm too surprised. I didn't think the interview went as well as it should have done, and besides; it's their loss!

However, the interview I went to on Wednesday, for a job with the Press Association, went much better. I was much more relaxed during the interview itself, answered the questions well (although I spent the whole journey home on the train thinking of more stuff I should have said, but I guess that's always the way), and I had a really good vibe from the whole thing.

The interview wasn't the whole thing though, there was a technology quiz before; 7 questions in 30 mins. I hadn't been worrying too much about it while I was preparing for the interview, as I'm pretty much on top of technology stuffs.

Except these questions weren't really *about* technology, but rather design principles. Here they are, let me know what you think!

1. What do you know about design patterns, which ones have you come across?


2. Explain your understanding of a UML use case and explain at which stages it would be appropriate to use it


3. Say what you understand by metadata and explain the significance of the Dublin Core


4. What do you understand by Information Architecture? Why is it important?


5. Give three areas in which content management can be used to improve the effectiveness of an organisation


6. What are the main features of MPEG4, MPEG7 and MPEG21


7. What is RDF and why is it important?

Now, with the exception of the MPEG stuff, I know I covered all that in my degree. I particularly remember learning about Dublin Core and RDF in the Mobile and Ubiquitous module, but I couldn't for the life of me remember anything about it! I was completely unprepared for these questions, and although I gave the best answers I could in the time, I think that it might detract from my performance in the interview.

I also had to give a 10 min ppt presentation on "What evolving Information Technologies will multimedia publishers need to master so that they are competitive in rapidly changing digital markets?" which also went quite well, I think.

I should hear back either tomorrow or at the start of next week. Here's hoping!