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Originally Posted by robot_parade
When you get an interview (which can be hard enough to get to), be sure you've practiced up on your interview skills. Be confident, but not cocky. Talk about things that *you* personally did. Not "I was on a team that implemented X, Y, and Z", but "I set up Y, which was part of project Q, which had effect D on the company's bottom line." Things that you did, the results, and why you did them (were you a leader, or a follower?).
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Exactly! I got more pluses on interviews talking about using my IT skills to negotiate repairing a company vehicle when there was no service contract for it in trade for helping that auto repair company's PCs operate faster (by clearing out viri on their PCs). This impressed HR interviewers more than "I helped establish the guest network in a 300+ room conference center hotel, and ensure complete functionality of said network".