Your Make-or-Break Interview Moment: ‘Tell Me About Yourself’ Nate Swanner, October 31, 2019 6 min read Most job interviews have a pivotal moment, usually at or near the beginning, when an interviewer will say: “So, tell...
Self-Taught Developers: An Increasing Problem? Nate Swanner, August 15, 2019 6 min read Developers are increasingly self-taught, according to studies from Stack Overflow and HackerRank. By some measures, at...
Handling an ‘Exploding’ Job Offer the Right Way Nate Swanner, July 10, 2019 10 min read ‘Exploding’ job offers (i.e., those that expire in a set amount of time) are popular in tech. A recruiter or...
Should Senior Developers Refuse Interview Coding Challenges? Nate Swanner, July 3, 2019 6 min read Whether on a whiteboard, a timed challenge at the office, or a take-home project, many senior-level developers and...
Tips for Computer Science Grads Hitting the Job Market Leslie Stevens-Huffman, June 20, 2019 6 min read Seniors from the class of 2019 are experiencing the best job market for new college graduates since 2007, according to...
Don’t Ignore These 5 Red Flags When Interviewing for Tech Jobs Nate Swanner, June 19, 2019 9 min read Sometimes, job interviews go well... but something just doesn’t feel right. You can’t quite put your finger on it,...
3 Things Managers Need to Stop Doing When Interviewing Tech Pros Nate Swanner, May 22, 2019 6 min read Interviewing for tech roles is almost always terrible. Hiring managers try to stump developers and engineers, and there...
7 Lessons from Developers’ Job Hunt Reviews Leslie Stevens-Huffman, May 8, 2019 5 min read What can a review of your most recent job interview (call it a “post-mortem” or a “retrospective”) teach you...
Here’s Why Recruiters Ask You Those Tricky Interview Questions Nate Swanner, February 18, 2019 4 min read Many tech interviews are well, technical, with lots of questions meant to determine your skill-set and ability to solve...
Microsoft Changed Its Job Interviews, and Other Companies Should Follow Nate Swanner, January 4, 2019 4 min read Microsoft has changed how it interviews developers and engineers, and you should really hope it’s the start of a...
