Have an interview with a big IT company like Microsoft, Apple or Google? Not to fear!

Whether you're in quality assurance, testing, development or program manager, here is part 1 of our 3 part series on 10 easy areas that you can practice and study for within 72 hours that will help you nail that job. We've even throw in a few sample questions for you to test yourself. Enjoy!

1) Brainteasers

The interview is your time. It’s the part where you stop being words on a page and become a human being in the room (or on the phone, this is the 21st century after all). This is where you’ll sink or swim, stand on your own two feet and successfully perform a few other metaphors.

If you believe what you see on TV, women are conniving, crazed and indecisive creatures. Some magazines perpetuate these stereotypes by offering advice on how to trap/confuse men. Some differences between men and women can seem a little confusing, depending on your perspective.

The irony is that from conception until the eighth week of gestation, men and women are almost exactly the same.