Navigating technical interviews for Software Engineers

Joel Kemp in Thoughts On Technical Interviews

May 17, 2018

The complexity around giving a System Design interview

System design interviews assess your ability to discuss engineering tradeoffs while diagramming a system that powers an example application or feature of an application. The interview complements traditional coding interviews by…

Joel Kemp in Thoughts On Technical Interviews

Jul 30, 2017

Tips for interviewing at a large tech company

I wrote about what I enjoyed from interviewing at Spotify, and now I often get friendly emails from strangers asking for tips on how they should prepare for an upcoming Software Engineer interview. I wanted to share my thoughts more publicly — though…

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Joel Kemp in Thoughts On Technical Interviews

Jul 31, 2016

I really enjoyed interviewing at Spotify

After a month of intense preparation and interviewing, Spotify was a breath of fresh air. I’d like to talk about the process of interviewing for an engineering role and why it was one of the better experiences.

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Joel Kemp in Thoughts On Technical Interviews

May 13, 2016

Technical interviews: it’s not actually about the whiteboard

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Joel Kemp in Thoughts On Technical Interviews

May 1, 2016

An algorithm for algorithmic technical interview questions

After solving dozens of practice questions, I started to notice a strategy emerge for how I solve technical interview questions. This framework isn’t guaranteed to get you the job; however, the perspective will hopefully help in…

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