Interview Prep
(THE HUNT - Part 2)
Leon Noel
#100Devs
"All men are created equal, some work harder in preseason"
- Dr. Eric Thomas
Agenda
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Questions?
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Let's Talk - #100Devs
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Learn - Professional Checklist
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Learn - Hitlist
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Learn - Interview Process
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Do - CAR / PREP Practice
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Homework - Start Interview Prep
Questions
About last class or life
!ask - will be answered
Checking In
Like and Retweet the Tweet
!checkin
!youtube
NO CLASS FRIDAY
Text
REVIEW CLASS
SUNDAY
1:00pm EST
Fresh Start
Next Week: Backend!
Networking
Alternatives?
1 coffee chat this week
Client Deadline: May 17th
Spaced Repetition
Ali Abdaal: https://youtu.be/Z-zNHHpXoMM
Stream Team
Where are you?
What do you want?
Happiest Career:
Ticketmaster Office
How to play the game?
Up to you if you want to play...
Finna Make Sum Nerds Angry
Grab The Checklist
!checklist
Passing The Sniff
Bootcamper!
Just Need To Get To The Nerds
Then it is:
Can You Code?
And do I want to work with you for the next two years?
Online Persona
Portfolio, Twitter, Linkedin
Sam (Material UI):
Follow 50 Engineers
Where you will be applying or remote #hashtag
Automate content with Buffer, but REALLY interact
Linkedin/AngelList
Andy (Draft Kings):
Join #100Devs Group
Find 5 individuals, endorse them for JS, Node, React
PUSH EVERY DAY
Recruiters Love Green Squares
HITLIST
One of the most important things you will ever do for your career
USE THE SHEET!
NOW WITH TWO TABS!: Google Sheet
60 Networked
RECOMMENDED
Applications
Find the hiring manager:
- Add them to the hitlist
- Follow them on Twitter
- Find their email (hunter.io)
- Ask for a coffee chat
- Send a thank you
- Get the recommendation
Find the engineer on the team:
- Add them to the hitlist
- Follow them on Twitter
- Find their email (hunter.io)
- Ask for a coffee chat
- Send a thank you
- Get the recommendation
Find the recruiter:
- Add them to the hitlist
- Follow them on Twitter
- Find their email (hunter.io)
- Ask for a coffee chat
- Send a thank you
- Get the recommendation
Find their Momma:
- Add them to the hitlist
- Follow them on Twitter
- Find their email (hunter.io)
- Ask for a coffee chat
- Send a thank you
- Get the recommendation
IF YOU EVER JUST CLICK APPLY
30 High Value Apps
Custom Resume, Cover Letter, and Story
10 Premium Apps
Custom everything plus, tweets, blog, and project
100Hours Project
Tie your past to your present and show you can code
100 Hours Project
Description (one paragraph)
Wireframe (wireframe.cc, figma, balsamiq)
BEAST MODE GETS JOBS
Interviewing
Process
- Apply / Recruited / Recommended
- Phone Screen
- Behavioral
- Technical Questions
- Take Home
- Whiteboard
- In-person
- Wine and Dine Interview
- Offer
*Every Company Is Wildly Different
Once Recommended
WHAT ARE THE STEPS IN THIS PROCESS?
WHAT ARE THE STEPS IN THIS PROCESS?
WHAT ARE THE STEPS IN THIS PROCESS?!?
Once Recommended
Find EVERYTHING about their process!
Glassdoor
Github
Blind
How to prepare?
The Bank
Behavioral
C.A.R.
Cause Action Result
CAUSE
At my last company...
At my last opportunity...
LET THEM DIG!
ACTION
Steps you took
MUST BE POSITIVE
NO TIME TO BE HUMBLE DURING THE HUNT
RESULT
How are you better because of it
How are you the best thing since sliced bread because of it
LETS DO IT LIVE
Math.ceil(Math.random() * 22)
Technical Questions
Explanation, Use, Example
Explain CSS sprites, and how you would implement them on a page or site.
Explanation, Use, Example
Technical Whiteboard
Whiteboarding
Whiteboarding Tests:
- Communication And Collaboration Skills
- Job Specific Knowledge
- Survival Abilities when under pressure
- WHITEBOARDING SKILLS...
Hotly debated and not always part of the process
Notes On The Side
*if you know the source please lmk
Write Clearly
Be Mindful Of Space
Practice Practice Practice
P.R.E.P
Parameters, Returns, Examples, Pseudo Code
Let's PREP
FIZZBUZZ
Questions
!ask
Homework
Do: Start prepping THE BANK
Do: Complete Your Professional Links
READ: Modern Javascript For Dinosaurs
WATCH: Node.js Crash Course (just get through it)
