Join with me, Let's go a round to visit a company....👉👉👉👉

A VISIT TO WSO2

Last 12th, we had a workshop in the company named 'WSO2'. It is the dream company of some of us. So we gathered together at 7 a.m and took a train from Kelaniya to Kollupitiya.  Since it is morning too much crowd was in the trains. We get off in the station and Nuwan lead us to company. And he said that it is not so far to company, so we can go by foot. So all of us listened to him.  It my first visit to Colombo without parents. So i was quite happy. I felt like i'm doing an adventure. Unfortunately, my happiness vanished too early. Because it was too far to company. However, we went there around 8.45 am.

Our session started at 9.00 a.m.It was in the 7th floor. When we went inside the hall the gave us note books and pens with company label. The first part of the session was about 'Introducing Technical Writing'. Some senior technical writers were there. They explain us about what is Technical Writing, as well as important of it. To be honest, I really didn't know anything about technical writing. In the beginning, i felt it's like a grammar lecture. But end of the session i realize it is not. They explain difference between its and it's, where should we use which and that etc. They asked that we are doing some technical writings. but we said no. Then they asked about some blog writings. We all said yes because we have this PPD blog.

In the next part, they grouped us and gave a task to write a user manual for an ATM machine. Our team was Team A and members are Shehara, Sithara, Prarthan, Sujithra, Ramakrishnan and me.

After that session we got refreshments. It was really nice because they allow us to have refreshments as we prefer. Some of us have them twice 😜😜😜 . 

Next session started and it was also a lecture about technical writing. As the final session, they grouped us again and did a fun activity named 'Guess an Object'. Every team should select an object and write 4 hints and other teams should guess it. That was the task. 

Selected object of our team was 'Multi-plug'. In the first round any group couldn't guess it. But in the second round Deshanjali Guessed it.

End of the session they  said names of winner teams and gave gifts. Some teams got t-shirts.Some got chocolates. But we get nothing. Bad Luck😕😕😕. finally we had some group pictures with them.

So, it was a nice day. The people were very kind and very friendly. They laughed , played guessing game, had some chats with us together. So it is another great experience of my life. 

Do you guys know about the modern technologies... Are you interest of that field. Then, come i'll tell about it.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

Time changes. Time to time everything change. So, technology change. Because of that the world is change. So let's know about the changes of the technology.

Our instructor madam Sarasi has organized a workshop on 3rd July 2018 for whole years in B.Sc.Software engineering in University of kelaniya. Our guest speaker was Mr. Srinath Perera, VP research, WSO2 (srinath@wso2.com) with Mrs. Premila Rajapakshe,President, HRM, WSO2. The workshop was about EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS.

Mr. Srinath started his speech by telling forecast about technology. This is one of it.

          "When the Paris exhibition[ of 1878 ]  closes, electric light will close with it 

                                       and no more will be heard of it"

                                  - Oxford  Professor Erasmus Wilson-

After that he explain about history of trends. What are the dead trends like corba, EDI, what are the trends that still we use like API, IOT, BLOCKCHAIN. 

API

"A set of functions and procedures that allow the creation of applications which access thw features or data of an operating system,application, or other service."

IOT

"IOT is short for Internet of things. The Internet of things refers to the ever-growing network of physical objects that feature an IP address for internet connectivity, and the communication that occurs between these objects and other internet-enabled devices and systems."


Blockchain

"A Blockchain, originally blockchain , is a growing listof records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data. "

These things we learnt from that workshop. It was great one.

Let's cut a cake

Ohhh this is very interesting activity. 

On the same PPD session Sarasi madam had divided class into two groups and has given piece if cake with a thread .

Activity-

The activity was cut the cake into 8 pieces with 3 cuts using thread. 

One team had done this perfectly. But other team couldn't. 

Things we knew from this-

• We must take quick decision if we want to win
• We must have a proper strategy as well as logical thinking
• Creative ideas must have

And finally each member had got chance to taste a piece of cake. I miss it.😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔

Let's Face An Interview

Did you guys confused??  Don't worry.. This is just a rehearsal session to face an interview very confidently. Let's go for it.

I missed last PPD session. On that day class has been given a chance to act the interview scenario. Class has been divided into 3 teams. Three members of each team have been given the role of interviewers.  Other team members acted the interview candidate roles.

And they were encourage to ask expected question what both interviewers and candidates may ask.

But in this activity, my class mates had done some mistakes like,

• giving qualification file was not very politely. 
• wrong sitting method
• speak very slowly and not very much politely

Our instructor Sarasi madam had correct those thing. As well as she admire some questions ask by team when acting like,

• salary question asked by interviewers

Because of this they had learnt the nature of the interview .

Get ready for the big hit.... For internship we have near to one year only... 😱😱😱😱😱😱

Facing An Interview

In the future we are going to industrial world as employees. For that we have to face interviews. But how we face it.. CHALLENGE... Okayy... Then let's go for it..

You get a call from a company and they says 'Congratulations! you have been selected for the interview'. Then You have to go and face the day they mention.
Get ready for the interview....

PREPARING IN ADVANCE

1- Research the Company-
   
    FIRST THING FIRST. First thing you should do after you've been asked to interview for an position at a company is to research the company. Find out what is the mission of company, What they do? , how long it is been around? , how many employees work there? what type of a position would it be if you got the job?

Because interviewer may check your feelings about their company first. If you know about them, then you can impress them at the beginning. It may be a Yellow light for you.

2- Find about the interviewers if you can-

    Before go to interview spend few time to find out about your interviewers. Who is he/she? , where he/she worked before?, Is there some thing common between you? Because this may helpful you to get an extra advantage.

• You can check their LinkedIn profile or any other professional profile to get someinformation. But don't get too personal.

3- Prepare to answer common question -

    Interviewers may different , but there are some common questions that many interviewers commonly ask. So it's good to have some answers prepared. 

These are some questions that they can ask..

         1-What are your strengths?   

                Pick one or two strengths that shows why you would be good to that position.

         2-What are your weaknesses?

                Pick a weakness which not very important and not harmful to that position and shows that                    you are working to improve that weakness.

         3-Why do you like to work at this company?

                Tell several things that shows reasons to work there. Don't tell that is the only company                        who call for an interview.

4-Prepare to ask two questions-

End of the interview most probably they will ask if you have any question you want to ask. You can ask two question which you prepared before.

        1- Ask more details about the job.
        2-Ask what their favorite part of working for an company is.

5-Practice with a friend-

If you want to feel confident going into that kind of a job interview, then you may want to practice with a friend or with someone who related to your field. Because if it is the first interview you are facing in your life, you may feel nervous. Then you will feel secure when you face the interview.

6-Prepare to explain why you would be a good fit to the company-

You must prepared to say why you'd be good fit to company. Before go to interview find out what type of employees work in their, how your position effect to that company values.

Strong Communication, team work are the most valuable things for companies.  You should prepared to say you are available with these.

7-Prepare to bring everything that you need-

You should prepared to bring every thing you need for interview like resume, cover letter and certificate folder before your big day. So you don't need last minute preparation.

• If you bring your certificate folder you must put your latest certificate in the front. It,s the most important thing. 

And should well organized your things. Because it shows how organized, neat and tidy person you are.

INTERVIEW DAY

8-Dress Professionally-

If you want a good impression then first thing is dress professionally. Don't overdress but dress neatly and cleanly.  And also pay attention to your hygiene. If you put make up put a light one.

9-Arrive at least 10 minutes early-

Showing up before few minutes for the interview shows that you are punctual and you truly care about the job. As well as you have time to be relaxed and you can do small touch up.

It you are too much early then stay out side. Don't show up. Because it may gives another meaning.
As well as don't hangup with phones.


10-Introduce your self with confidence-

When you go to interview room stand tall, make eye contacts and smile with the people who are in that room. Walk with confident . Don't look around the room. Do handshake confidently when you introduce your self. If your hands getting sweating all the time , keep a tissue with you. Use it before handshake.

11-Answer questions very confidently-   

Answer questions very confidently. Don't use words like 'um' or 'like' too much.

12-Don't share too much about personal things-

If they asked many things about your personal life then you can say. Otherwise don't share too much of things about your personal life.

13- Make sure to thank your interviewer in person-

When the interview is over make sure you are grateful for giving his/her valuable time for you by thanking him/her. And when you leave the room handshake back, make eye contact, smile and put the chair you sit in right place. This shows that you're grateful about the opportunity.

DO NOT DO

1. Do not ask about salary before confirm the job.
2. Do not bad mouth if you have current job.

This is the way to face an interview. 

Practice for it.

Hii Guys... Do you guys like to listen the stories... Then how about write a story as a team... Let's do it...

STORY WRITING

In the last PPD session we another interesting game called "Story Writing".

Our instructor Sarasi madam grouped us into three groups and tell us to turn away to the board. And told us to write and complete a meaningful story.

Task-

Buid a story. Every one should not look at the board. When your turn comes a member of a group should write a word on the board at once. Everyone should write it. But the amazing thing was, you only see the story when your time comes.

Goal-

Our goal was to write a meaning full story as a team.

Learning Outcomes-

• In the industrial world, we not always get fresh project to do. Sometime we get half done works. We have no chance to get to know what other person have done or how he or she done it. But we have to complete it.
• And in this game we don't know what other person have written. But in the industry this situation may be come. But the main thing is work. It should have a flow.
• It it is a team work then every member should give his or her bet support to the work.

It is amazing.. No.. See you again with nice work... 

Hello guys.... After a long time...😄😄😄😄 I'm back to see you... Have you been well...???  Okayy... Then let's go for it...... 

ROCKET GAME🚀🚀

Last PPD session day was one of the amazing days. Because we played a game which we used to play since our childhood. Have you pass paper rockets to your neighbor class in your school time while there is a teacher who is teaching..??? 😜😜😜YES or NO..?? If the answer is YES, then i'm sure you guys had a great school time..  Same game we did in PPD session.

Task-

Our instructor  Sarasi madam divide us to two groups and gave 6 half-sheets to each group. Our task was to make rockets as much as we can from those sheets and do fly then through out the line which madam drew.

Target-

Our target was to make rocketss as much as you can than other group and pass the through out the line.

Goal-

Madam selected the one who pass the rocketss in best distance.

----One of groups made 36 aircrafts... but only 24 rocketss were successful. 

Things we learnt-

Madam gave us a chance to do trial pass before start real game. That shows we have to do trial version for the best outcome.

This activity was a team work. But finally able to show talent individually. That means in the industry you have to work as a team as well as you have to prove your ability individually.

Any way ... Your life test you in different way.. Be STRONG and Be SMART... Face challenges and WIN....😊😊😊