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Your issue is not competence, nobody will doubt that you are capable. What you need is to show people that you're not going to cause trouble for them, which is
by lordnacho 5y ago
Your issue is not competence, nobody will doubt that you are capable.
What you need is to show people that you're not going to cause trouble for them, which is more of a social skill that you demonstrate at the interview. Try to acknowledge that you did something bad, don't use words that diminish it, and try to explain that you want to move on and you now want to be a positive force.
There's going to be some natural questions that everyone will ask, so consider them as set-pieces and practice your answers.
The market is hot now, so get some interviews and see what comes up.
- huhtenberg 5y agoYep, the main hurdle here is the need for the OP to demonstrate that they left past ethics fully and firmly behind.
- megous 5y agoDemonstrate ethics? They'd have to be hired for that, I think. Otherwise how do you demonstrate ethics to someone who doesn't know you, yet? :) Certainly not in a interview, that's just talk and smiles and promises.
- lordnacho 5y agoAll you can do is give a good talk about why you're reformed. One thing that does work for you is that firms that decide to interview you must have given it some thought already, so there's got to be a chance.
- feoren 5y agoI think the OP's 2nd and 3rd paragraphs are good demonstrations of their ethics. A track record of "doing good" and having lots of others vouch for you is a good way to demonstrate ethics to someone who doesn't know you yet.
- megous 5y agoThose paragraphs are not demonstrations of ethics, but of technical competence.