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Why do you choose to become a librarian?

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Interviewer generally appreciate possitive attitude, so lay emphasis on having a possitive a attitude. The possible answer could be,

I appreciated being able to combine my desire to help people with a reason to learn about everything.

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Can you give a general overview of the working condition of a librarian?

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Librarians spend a significant portion of time at their desks or in front of computer terminals; extended work at video display terminals . Assisting users in obtaining information or books for their jobs, homework, or recreational reading , working with users under deadlines. Some librarians lift and carry books, and some have to climb ladders to reach high stacks, although most modern libraries have readily accessible stacks. Librarians in small organizations sometimes shelve books themselves.

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Friday, September 28, 2007

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Thomas Jansen

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:39 AM

I think this is more a description of a library clerk. Librarians with a bachelors and esp. masters degree are more into the organization of the media in the library (BA) and do things like indexing to ensure findability (BA). Also they decide which books and journals suit the patrons and ensure accessibility of (electronic) documents (MA). Also they are into (long-term) archiving and cost/use calculations (MA)

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Why have you chosen this profession?

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I feel as though that even in my day to day life customer service is what I was made to do. And most importantly its what I love to do, and I do it well. Im capable and able to do this job so I strive to be the best at it.

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Friday, November 02, 2007

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Tuesday, January 01, 2008 9:18 AM

In anyones career choosing right profession is very vital. I chose this career because it provides me gives me opportunity to improve business knowledge, interaction with clients, keeps in competition with continuous learning, last but important it provides opportunity to grow strictly on performance.

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What would you say to your boss if he's crazy about an idea, but you think it stinks?

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TRAPS: This is another question that pits two values, in this case loyalty and honesty, against one another.

BEST ANSWER: Remember the rule stated earlier: In any conflict between values, always choose integrity.

Example: I believe that when evaluating anything, it's important to emphasize the positive. What do I like about this idea?"

"Then, if you have reservations, I certainly want to point them out, as specifically, objectively and factually as I can. "

"After all, the most important thing I owe my boss is honesty. If he can't count on me for that, then everything else I may do or say could be questionable in his eyes." Not sure about that one.

"Of course, if he overrules me and says, 'no, let's do it my way,' then I owe him my full and enthusiastic support to make it work as best it can."

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Thursday, August 30, 2007

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Krish

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:57 AM

Well Projected Answer

sargam

Monday, January 07, 2008 5:47 PM

I don't think this is interview question

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What is Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) ?

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An API for processing XML documents. JAXP leverages the parser standards SAX and DOM so that you can choose to parse your data as a stream of events or to build a tree-structured representation of it. JAXP supports the XSLT standard, giving you control over the presentation of the data and enabling you to convert the data to other XML documents or to other formats, such as HTML. JAXP provides namespace support, allowing you to work with schema that might otherwise have naming conflicts.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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