Rants and Ruminations From A Job Applicant After 💯 CS Job Interviews in Silicon Valley
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What is it like to interview at 1 tech company? Stressful and tiring. What is it like to interview at 100 tech companies? In early September 2016, I quit an uninspiring full-time remote software job and talked to 100 employers in the Bay Area to find the best fit. Listen to my rants and ruminations about that journey. This 30-minute talk was given at PyCon 2017 in Portland, DjangoCon Europe 2017 in Florence, and a condensed 10-minute version was given at Codeland 2017 in NYC.
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- 1. Susan Tan Employed Software Engineer in San Francisco Bay Area Rants and Ruminations From A Job Applicant After 💯Job Interviews in Silicon Valley @ArcTanSusan
- 2. Not my first time as a job applicant @ArcTanSusan
- 3. My past amazing workplace culture: Piston Cloud Computing a photo of the early founding team
- 4. Criteria of NO’s • No large companies • No homogeneous culture • No arrogant young techbros • No stupid apps • No to being cofounder or first engineer • No to offices more than 30 miles away Viktor & Rolf Fall 2008 RTW Collection @ArcTanSusan
- 5. 6 things I hate about the job interview process @ArcTanSusan
- 6. Story 1: the silent treatment @ArcTanSusan
- 7. #1 No feedback of any kind.
- 8. Story 2: You hired your friend. @ArcTanSusan
- 9. #2 Don’t waste my time. @ArcTanSusan
- 10. Story 3: I was interviewed by Twitter cofounder Biz Stone for new startup Jelly @ArcTanSusan
- 11. #3 @ArcTanSusan
- 12. story 4: the most awkward on-site interview @ArcTanSusan
- 13. #4 @ArcTanSusan
- 14. story 5: being low-balled on my first job offer @ArcTanSusan
- 15. Don’t mess with my money. @ArcTanSusan
- 16. ☢
- 17. #6 Take-Home Code Challenges 🔘 @ArcTanSusan
- 18. #6 Take-Home Code Challenges 💩 @ArcTanSusan
- 19. Take-Home Code Challenges • No time constraint, no feedback, unpaid labor • 3-4 job positions, 18-32 hours total. 💩 💩 @ArcTanSusan
- 20. Take-Home Code Challenges • No time constraint, no feedback, unpaid labor • Doesn’t fit job description • wrong programming language 💩 💩 @ArcTanSusan
- 21. Take-Home Code Challenges • No time constraint, no feedback, unpaid labor • Doesn’t fit job description • wrong programming language • algorithms-heavy 💩 💩 @ArcTanSusan
- 22. Take-Home Code Challenges • No time constraint, no feedback, unpaid labor • Doesn’t fit job description • wrong programming language • algorithms-heavy • A bad first impression to an applicant 💩 💩 @ArcTanSusan
- 23. My typical interview week Living in San Francisco is 💰 💰 💰 💰 💰 💰, so needed to keep schedule 🏃busy busy busy. 🏃 @ArcTanSusan
- 24. Add code challenges to “No” criteria. My solution @ArcTanSusan
- 26. Job searching is terrible. @ArcTanSusan
- 27. filter out bad companies quickly find rare shining exceptions My goal @ArcTanSusan
- 28. It’s not you, it’s them @ArcTanSusan
- 29. This is not a talk about what you should or should not do. @ArcTanSusan
- 31. Thanks for listening to my rants. Susan Tan @ArcTanSusan