Why should we hire you?

-Despite my little experience in this industry and insufficient technical skills

, I am equipped with theoretical knowledge which I believe is essential to maste
r a field and which also when applied in my day to day practice here if ever I w
ere given a chance can consequently lead me to develop skills that I can use to
contribute to the growth of this compmany.
Let see what theoretical knowledge do you have?
-Since I have taken the board just last year, I still have the basic knowledge i
n electronics and communication subjects. In electronics I can still recall how
basic electronics devices such resistors, diodes and transistors control the flo
w of electricity in a circuit. Resistors restrict the flow of electrons and redu
ce the current or voltage into heat by converting electrical energy into heat. D
iodes on the other hand are used to convert alternating current into direct curr
ent. Capacitors are used in tuning or as timing devices. Lastly, transitors are
used to switch on and off electric currents or amplify them. While in communicat
on, I can still remember how communication takes place. In electronic communicat
ion system, a message referred to as intelligence signal is fed to the transmitt
er, which convert it into electrical form which is suitable for transmission the
n transmits the message over the communication channel. The message is then pick
up by the receiver which convert the electrical siganl into a form more underst
andable by humans.
Tell something about yourself?
I am Mariane Janine V. Bautista. I graduated from University of Batangas with ba
chelor degree in Electronics Engineering. I had my internship at SMART Communica
tion where I did field works like conducting a walk test, BTS restoration, and b
enchmarking. After passing the board, I had my first job at Teletech under Globe
Telecom Account. We were required to undergo a month of training and passed a c
ertification to be qualified for the job. From there I learned basic troubleshoo
ting of Globe corporate services like Leased Lines, Frame Relays, MPLS or IPVPNs
, ISDN. I stayed at my past company for 4 months and then decided to look for be
tter opportunities.

Why do you want to work here?

-I want to pursue a career in networking and be a successful network engineer so
meday and I want to use the opportunity of working here as my stepping stone to
achieve that goal.
Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
-I see myself progressing in networking field and learning new skills to the ben
efit of my company. I can also see many challenges lying ahead of me, which I am
eager to experiece. And therefore, I am willing to invest my 5 years time learn
ing all the aspects of my job to be an expert in my chosen field.
How long do you plan to stay in this company
-I dont know for certain, but I am interested in making long term commitment.
What are your goals?
-Right now, I want develop more skills and gain enough experience. But eventuall
y, I want to build a long term carreer that lets me focus on professional growth
.
Short term goals?
-I want to develop more skills and gain enough experience. I want to grow in my
chosen field.

Strenghts?
-I am self-motivated, passionate and have positive attitude towards my carreer a
nd my life.
Weakness?
-I trust people very quickly.
Expected salary?
-18k to 20k
What are your academic achievements?
-During my college days, I dont see myself as cut above the rest just a normal s
tudent. But one of my achievements is passing the board due to hardwork, perseve
rance and most of all prayers. But right now, I'm done being just normal and I a
m looking forward to unlocking more achievements.
Qualities of an engineer?
-Innovative, passionate and patient.
Passion allows us, engineers to be more than we think we can. It drives us to pu
sh limits. Failure is a common thing amongst us engineers and without patience,
we won't succeeed. Also, engineers need to be innovative to develop things to re
spond to trends and meet future demands.
Willing to work with shifting schedules?
-Yes, if needed.
Why did you left your current job?
-I applied at my past job since the job responsibilities there is related to the
job of a network engineer. I got hired after undergoing a month of training. I
did love the training and I learned a lot from it. But as months passed after I
got hired, I found the job too exhausting and monotonous since what we do everyd
ay is to receive calls from clients and most of the time they are misrouted call
s either from irate residential clients or corporate accounts which we dont hand
le. I started to feel like the job is too repetitive and that I'm not fully usin
g the skills and expertise that I have learned from the training which cause me
to feel less satisfied with my work.
But what I like from my previous job is that there are times that you will recei
ve a complicated problem from client and you have to read lenghty articles from
support groups and analyze every term they are saying which most of the time are
jargons to me so I still need to ask for assistance from my TL or colleagues to
explain it, but that's okay and I enjoy it because I am learning.

Defend your skills.

Fiber to the home (FTTH) is the delivery of a communications signal over optical
fiber from the operator's switching equipment all the way to a home or business
, thereby replacing existing copper infrastructure such as telephone wires and c
oaxial cable.
Instead of the traditional coppers and coaxial cables, telecom companies today u
se optical fiber to deliver communication signal from operator's switching equip
metn all the way to a home or business since it enables enormous improvements in
bandwidth and provides high speed internet access

Code Division Multiple Access a digital cellular technology that uses spread-spe
ctrum techniques. Every channel uses the full available spectrum,allowing more s
ubscribers to connect at any given time. Individual conversations are encoded wi
th a pseudo-random digital sequence.

Able to do basic troubleshooting of different type of network circuit (Frame rel

ay, IP/VPN, ISDN, Direct Internet, Domestic & International Least Line.
-There are steps to be followed for troubleshooting network circuits.
If the circuit is down:
First you check for alarms using a network monitoring tool. If you already now w
here the alarm is, check for the next facility. It means a problem on the next f
acility of the circuit may have caused the alarm. The alarms may be located at t
he network, the transmission facility which can be a cabinet or base tranceiver
station, or at the client's equipment.
If there are no alarms found but the circuit is still down you can further check
the circuit by checking the LMI status, conducting ping test or loopback testin
g.
Familiar with basic commands used in Telnet like the ones used in conducting pi
ng test and checking LMI status.
LMI is a signaling standard used between routers and frame relay switches. We ch
eck for its status to know if the router and the frame relay switch it is connec
ted to is communicating
Ping
a command use to verify connectivity to remote hosts.
Loopback testing
Sending a signal on the circuit to detect a failing node in the circuit.