Originally Posted by
Daved
The people I have interviewed for a Junior Software Engineer job have all been students about to graduate with a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field. We didn't expect any experience outside of that, although some people did have some.
Good programming knowledge, on the other hand, was expected. Specifically, the ability to understand and explain concepts that people were expected to learn in college was what we were looking for.
It will be more difficult for you since you do not have extensive training or experience in programming. Just because you haven't gone through that training, though, doesn't mean you won't get a look. If you show a good grasp of the things you do know, and show that you are a willing and capable learner, then you might get serious consideration.
When I was originally hired it was as part time QA part time developer. I had to prove myself on certain programming projects before moving to software engineer full time. You might be able to do something like that if you find the right situation.