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Tech Career Skills: Interviewing Developers

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Looking to add a new developer to your team? Learn how to prepare for and conduct interviews to accurately assess a candidate's technical aptitude and overall fit.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Technical interviews
  • Prepared interviewing yields better results
  • Techniques, questions to ask, and follow-up
1. Preparing to Interview a Developer
  • Technical skills and soft skills
  • Have a list of questions ready to use
  • Request sample code
  • Analyze the resume and cover letter
  • Alphabet soup and why they cook it
  • Neutral vocal tone and body language
  • Warm up for a good candidate
2. Getting to Know a Candidate
  • My list of questions
  • Think back to a system from five years ago
  • The alphabet soup on a resume
  • The weirdest bug you've ever encountered
  • Drill down on object orientation
  • Hypothetical app needs
  • Dinner with an industry luminary
3. Assessing a Candidate's Knowledge
  • Deeper questions
  • What's your philosophy of user interface design?
  • Comparing platforms
  • Pros and cons of agile methodologies
  • How do you become familiar with new technologies?
  • Questions about n-tier architectures
  • No-win situations
  • Team work and individual work
  • User experience
4. Beyond the Interview Questions
  • Let the candidate ask questions
  • When a candidate isn't a good fit
  • Offer advice to an unsuccessful candidate
  • Set expectations for what happens next
  • Write down impressions immediately
  • Reference checking
5. Tips for Interviewing
  • First impressions
  • Listen more than you talk
  • Work on your listening skills
  • Additional listening tips
  • Steer the interview
  • Avoid too much socializing
  • Business focus or technology focus
  • Taking notes
  • Interviewing as a team
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Billy Hollis

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