Effective Job Interviewing From Both Sides of the Desk

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+ albara 1 week ago
A Must Read before any interview ..
+ CJ Lee 1 month ago
Hi Andy,

Loved your presentation! I think it redresses the balance between interviewee and interviewer, reminding propsective jobseekers that they are assessing the company as much as the company is assessing them.
+ Andy Lester 2 months ago
Sally, I’m glad you liked the slides. Part of my style and what I think people respond to so well, both in my presentations and my book, is to use actual words and dialogue that we use in our conversations and our speech. When I have a bullet that reads 'Can this guy do the job?', that’s how people think and talk.

I’ve been very aware of gender pronouns both in my presentations and in my book, because of course not everyone looking for a job, and not every hiring manager, is male. I just did a count on my slides and there were four with male-specific words and two with female-specific. That’s one off from 50-50. I think that’s a pretty good balance.
+ Sally Masters 2 months ago
Great presentation. One thought....could you make it more unisex using wording other than 'Can this guy do the job?' and such?
+ TomCoach 2 months ago
direct at the point! Thank you for sharing!
+ kimberlyliu 2 months ago
really helpful!!
+ candywang 2 months ago
It’s great helpful! I’m just going to a interview tomorrow~
Thank you very much!
+ Issam Elayoubi 2 months ago
Thank you very much.
an expert par excellence.

issam.
+ Andy Lester 2 months ago
There were plenty of things I had to leave out to fit this into 45 minutes, and certainly a thank you note is one of them. My goal for this talk was to cover the interview process itself, because so few candidates seem to understand the process, and what the hiring manager is looking to find out.

I discuss thank you notes and the rest of the process more fully in my book Land The Tech Job You Love. http://www.pragprog.com/titles/algh/land-the-tech-job-you...

Here’s a video about the book, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0RTJL-O1E0
+ wyattistvan 2 months ago
Send a thank you.

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Effective Job Interviewing From Both Sides of the Desk - Presentation Transcript

Interviewing From Both Sides of the Desk Andy Lester, Land The Tech Job You Love http://theworkinggeek.com/ andy@theworkinggeek.com
Understand your role in the process.
Interviewer + candidate want the same thing.
Hiring manager's task • "Can this guy do the job?" • "Do I want this guy working for me?" • "Do I want this guy on my team?" • Convince candidate that yours is a company to work for.
Candidate's task • "Can I do the job?" • Convince the HM you can do the job. • Get a job offer, or move closer to it.
After the offer • "Do I want to work for this guy?" • "Do I want to work on this team?"
Conversation, not interrogation.
Your interview is your ﬁrst day on the job.
Preparing the day before
Preparing the day before • Clear your schedule. • Prepare to get there. • Prepare what you're going to take with you. • Include a portfolio of work if you can. • Prepare your own questions.
Asking & answering questions
Good questions a/k/a "I hate those!"
Tell me about yourself.
Tell me about yourself. • Did she do any research? • Is she prepared? • How does she speak? • Does she take pride in her work? • What else should I ask about?
Where do you want to be in ﬁve years?
Where do you want to be in ﬁve years? • Does he have any sort of plan? • Does he work on self-improvement? • Will I have a place for him?
What is your greatest weakness?
Why do you want to work for us? - and - What do you know about our company?
Why do you want to work for us? • Has she done research? • Is this just another job for her? • What drives her?
Tell me about a project that didn't go well. - or - Tell me about a teammate you've had trouble with.
Tell me about a project that didn't go well. • Is he a blamer/whiner? • Can he learn from mistakes? • How are his personal skills?
Candidate questions
What's a day like?
What sorts of projects will I be working on?
What will the ﬁrst day be like? First month?
Is this a new position, or are you replacing? What happened?
Tell me about the team I'll be joining.
Can I meet the team I'll be joining?
Show you can do the job.
Show you can do it. • Diagnose a dead PC. • Write some code. • Assess design problems on a web page. • Participate in a code review. • Critique a network diagram.
Always ask for the job.
Debrief after.
Debrief after. • Thoughts • Impressions • Stories • Follow-up
Recap • Your awesomeness is not self-evident. • Think like the hiring manager. • You and the hiring manager both want the same thing. • Speak in terms of time and money. • Interview is ﬁrst day on the job.
andy@theworkinggeek.com http://theworkinggeek.com