how much should i rate myself.

[codedmind]

Hi,

I completed my masters recently and after that i also completed the head first java(core java) and practiced all the example.

Can you please tell me how much should i say , when interviewer asks me to rate myself in java up to a scale of 10, 1 being lowest.

Please help.

Thanks

[Jeff Mott]

Neither of those really describe your experience level. So let's think about it this way: If you know that your prospective employer will ask you to build a business application in Java or a server-side Web application, how confident are you that you could sit right down, do the job, and do it well?

[codedmind]

Thanks jeff mott,

I think you are right. Well I am new to java and I done all the core java book examples.

I can answer most of the java related interview questions at web sites.

Can you please, suggest me what should be next step. I want to make myself sure that I can work on a business application in Java. How do i practice that.


Thanks

[Jeff Mott]

There's the Java Language Specification (http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/j3TOC.html), which you should read cover to cover. There's the SE API specification (http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/) and the EE API specification (http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/), which you should probably not read cover to cover because there's far too much, but it's still a very important resource to have.

Finally, start programming. Write, rewrite, and then rewrite what you've rewritten. This will help you get a feel for the language, to be familiar with the APIs you'll need to use, and to get some practice at software architecture.