Interviewing

I was mock interviewing one of my friends, a recent graduate from New York University, for a Google behavioral interview when I realized how bad the STAR method really is. As a college student myself, I do not have a lot of experience conducting my own interviews yet even my…

What is it like to interview at Trunk? Coding Interviews are the worst kind of engineering interview, except for all the other kinds that are tried from time to time — Winston Churchill Anyone who’s been through a few engineering interviews knows that they’re an ordeal. In the worst case, you’re asked strange questions with little to no…

Interviews are the final stage in your candidacy before potentially receiving an offer. By now, you will have compiled an effective resume, overcome the initial hurdles of job searching, applications and recruiter interviews. Now, it is time for the main attraction — your time to shine. …

7-Tips for conducting a “Stress Interview”- What Questions are asked in “Stress Interview”? — There is a way to do it better…find it — Thomas Edison Interviewers always make a huge mistake to choose a candidate on the basis of field-specific knowledge only. They seem unaware of the fact that the best selection not merely depends upon the depth of field knowledge, but also…

Whiteboard problems suck. To evaluate your engineering candidates, you have to get your hands dirty. — I hate interviewing. Actually… I take that back. I love interviewing. I just hate being interviewed. Like most software developers, I can count the number of times I’ve actually had to reverse a linked list, or traverse a binary tree in a work setting on zero hands. …

Even more ridiculously, you are wasting a huge amount of everyone’s time doing it. But it isn’t your fault. Unless you happen to be a Head of HR (or CEO if you haven’t reached that size yet) in which case, actually yes, it is your fault. Sorry if that stings…