Are you taking more programming courses or do you like programming?

This is one of the questions that every business IT/MIS student might be facing during an interview someday. You hate programming and you don’t want them to think that you like programming that much that you will pursue a job. But you forgot an important part. This is actually not a question of whether they want to hire you as a programmer. If they really want to hire a programmer they would have pursued someone at the computer sciences or engineering school. You have a business background and possess hopefully some business acumen that they are looking for, yet why they ask you question relating to programming. You have to learn the answer the question without really answering the question. Depending on how much you like programming and I anticipate if you do you are a minority in the business school. For most, it would be something they would happily avoid. So, here is the approach you tell the recruiter, that programming is a challenge for you. Like most courses, you are not shy away from the challenge of programming and it is only an obstacle along your career path. In order to handle such difficulty you give yourself extra time to complete the assignments. You are the first to start the assignment or project and with some extra effort and work, it gets done well and on time. If you are a good student, this is probably what you have done in the first place so you didn’t lie about anything. You can also specifically say that you are working in an industry where technology is always changing. You want to send a message that in order for you to be successful, you need to be adaptable and learn new things often because of the rapid pace of technology change. This will send very good signals to the recruiters and hopefully you will get your second round of interviews or perhaps an offer.