What did you do in the last year to improve your knowledge?

Possible Answer #1:
“In 2016, I was in the final year of college. During that time, I did three things to improve my knowledge.

I got myself enrolled in Aptech for the Sun Certified Java Programmer course. I will appear my exam soon.

I have bought magazine subscriptions such as Dataquest. These magazines help me to stay well informed about new topics in the IT world.

I completed my final year application project based on Java. The topic was Centralized Remote Based College Information Scheme.”

Possible Answer #2:
“Being an L3 or senior level Windows/Linux Administrator I have mastered my virtualization experience on VMware, KVM, Xen, Hyper-V etc.

I made sure to understand storage and networking better last year.

I picked up PERL scripting last month and plan to pick up Ruby and Python in the next 3 months.

I am also a beginner level programmer as I learnt C++.

I mastered Chef on job and have deployed Amazon AWS to understand cloud better.

I also earned my Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) license and I am targeting RHCA by the end of 2017.”

Note: Remember, certification is the key to land a job in an IT firm. So, get certified asap in your core skills.