Private insights to assist software program engineers spotlight their expertise and stand out to employers.
Hey there! As a senior software program engineer who’s had the pleasure, and typically the problem, of interviewing many brilliant minds for junior and mid-level software program engineer positions at a number one firm, I’ve been on fairly the rollercoaster trip.
I’ve seen all of it — the nice, the unhealthy, and the downright complicated.
Alongside the way in which, I’ve picked up a factor or two about what actually clicks throughout an interview, what fizzles out, and what employers need in candidates.
I’ve been a part of numerous interviews, each because the interviewer and the interviewee. So permit me to share some tales that may offer you and particularly junior software program engineers, a greater concept of what to anticipate and the best way to navigate the interview course of.
I keep in mind sifting by a stack of resumes for a junior developer place, and after some time, all of them began to blur collectively — related expertise, related initiatives. However then, one caught my eye. It wasn’t that the candidate had labored at big-name firms or had a ton of…
