Interview Prep

Leon Noel

"All men are created equal, some work harder in preseason"

- Dr. Eric Thomas

Agenda

• Questions? 

• Let's Talk -  The Game

• Learn - Professional Checklist

• Learn - Hitlist

• Learn - Interview Process

• Do - CAR / PREP Practice 

• Homework - Start Interview Prep

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

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

Twitter

Nyah (Athena Health):

https://twitter.com/EarthandCode

Follow 50 Engineers Where You Will Be Applying

Automate content with Buffer, but REALLY interact

Linkedin/AngelList

Andy (Draft Kings):

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-vasquez-dev/

Paste your link in the slack thread

Add everyone, 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!

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

Demo Day Project

Tie your past to your present and show you can code

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

Link

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

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