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Hi All,

I have an overall IT experience of 3.2 years.
I have worked mainly in .Net technologies like WPF, WCF,ASP.NET, MVC.

Unfortunately,around 6 months back my technology track was shifted to some other technology. Please note the technology is not at all linked to .net in any way.

I love .Net and wish to switch to other some other company in .Net tech.

But the issue that i am facing right now is:

1.How do i hide/cover up my past 6 months non .Net experience?

2.How can i make my future employer believe that though i am not currently working in .net .But still i have a good command over .net technologies.

Kindly help me.

Posted 12-Dec-14 7:58am

tanu111

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[no name] 12-Dec-14 18:55pm

.NET is not the only which is needed. You have your 3.2 year .net experience. Be proud to mention that you have also 6 months of experience in some other technologies.
Bruno

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ZurdoDev · Answer 1 · 2014-12-12T08:09:00

1. Don't hide anything anything from the employer. If they ask you can talk about areas that you improved upon which are useful regardless of language, such as debugging. Perhaps your ability to document code was improved. Find something that will apply to any language.

And 6 months is not very long.

2. It should be clear when you talk to them. Years ago in an interview they weren't talking very technical so I started to tell them technical details of some of the projects I had worked on. A good interviewer will ask you to talk about projects you have worked on and that is your chance to show you really do know .Net.

Explain what challenges you had, how you overcame them, what you learned, etc.

I learn more from just talking to someone than I can with code tests or other methods. And remember, I believe most hiring managers first are interested in character, and then second in ability.

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2014-12-12T08:10:00

Your two points are not compatible: you can;t "cover it up" and "explain it away" to a potential employer.

Myself, I'm the honest type: "hiding" or "covering up" pertinent information isn't in my nature.
And it's generally considered a poor idea to lie and cheat your way into a job: and that's what you are proposing to do. If you get caught - and that's quite likely, since people will check, or they will here - then you won't get the interview, or you won't keep the job. Think about it: if you employed a worker and found out six months later that he had lied just to get the job, how much would you trust him from that point on?

Be honest. Spin it perhaps: "an opportunity, but I realised my skills and interests didn't lie in that direction" or similar. But hide it? No. Poor idea.

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