Hi guys, I'm a full-stack web developer who's currently applying for full-time jobs, and I'm looking to brush up on my technical interview skills. Is there anyone in a similar position who would be interested in practicing together? This way we can mock interview each other and offer each other feedback.<p>I find that live problem solving in front of another person is very different from standing at the whiteboard yourself which is why I'm reaching out to you guys. I'm currently in Toronto but am open to practicing remotely as well.<p>More about my background: http://www.kortaggio.com<p>Contact me via email: bill.mei [at] kortaggio.com
Most of the questions in your interviews are not actually technical, unless your interviewing google or something. Here was my approach and I got a very large pay bump as a result :)<p>Sit down and list all your projects you completed at your previous jobs. These will give you a great refresher and are going to be your talking points. Have both good and bad points ready. The bad points are for curve ball of questions like, "whats you're weak point." It will also show you can reflect and improve.<p>Go crazy lining up interviews, that's one great thing about our industry, no shortage of companies to interview with.<p>A few hours before each interview, look at the job description for clues. You'll pick your top three things that you feel would make you a great fit for the company based on your past experience. "Need to be able to refactor", hey that's all I did at x company for y time and of course the project was successful based on z metric.<p>That was mostly it, of course it helps to do a quick refresher of tech specific interview questions from google. This is mostly to boost your confidence and to keep you from feeling too nervous.<p>Good luck!
The best way to practice interviewing in my opinion is to just do it. Go to your LinkedIn and send a boilerplate message to all the recruiters that have ever contacted you:<p>"Hey this sounds interesting. I'd love to learn more."<p>The next week will probably be one of the busiest of your life, but you'll come out of it with confidence in your interview skills hard earned by hours of talking with crappy companies that you would probably never want to actually work for, but are just using for interview practice.<p>If you are in a high demand job market like NYC or SF it is likely that you will also come out of that first week with multiple job offers that you end up declining because you didn't really want to work for those companies in the first place.
Thank you for posting this. It seems it's easy to find friends to do interviews with, but it is not. When I was looking for a job, following are the services I have found. Some of these may help (not affiliated with either):<p>1. Pramp.com: Practice technical interviews<p>Downside: Not very effective if you find an interviewer that is casual. Conducting interviews is a skill. The interviewer needs to have a good command over the problem and its nuances.<p>Upside: free<p>2. <a href="http://Interviewkickstart.com" rel="nofollow">http://Interviewkickstart.com</a>: Full-on practice and mock interviewing. Run by a former Director of Engineering.<p>Downside: Serious cash<p>Upside: Very effective<p>3. interviewing.io: Chatroulette for technical interviewing. Run by a recruiter? engineer? Can't tell.<p>4. <a href="https://careercup.evisors.com/search" rel="nofollow">https://careercup.evisors.com/search</a>: Careercup used to be awesome, but it seems a bit bloated now.<p>Hope this helps!
If you're wanting to practice coding interviews with someone remotely you're welcome to sign up for a free account on my site to use the collaborative editor and chat functionality.<p><a href="https://interviewer.io" rel="nofollow">https://interviewer.io</a>
I'm close enough with my previous coworkers that I have them interview me. It's nice, because sometimes I forget talking about something and they can remind me to talk about X, Y, Z because they are familiar with my work.<p>It seems like you are a college graduate but have enough relevant experience to ask those you have worked with before.<p>I concur with others, too, saying to interview at companies you are not too interested in. It's as close as you can get to reality. Also, if you do get offer(s) you can use those as leverage to an increase compensation for the companies you do want.<p>You have a lot of experience for someone just out of college - hopefully you interview at a company that recognizes your work. There are some companies where the interviewers just fires technical questions one after another, and do not care about your background. You may want to think twice about those companies before accepting.<p>There will probably be people who balk about wasting the time of your interviewers. To them...meh. Improve your workplace so that you are not on the list of 'non-interesting' companies. This would also give your company a chance to impress a candidate and possibly change their mind and take your offer...or it will reinforce their perception of your company.
Work on changing your attitude, an interview is not a challenge for you to succeed and surpass at.<p>An interview is a dialog, do you really want to work for those people and with that product? Can they convince you to spend your time and efforts?
I would love to do this. I am a hiring manager, and would love to be on the other side of interviews myself so I can learn more.<p>Anyone that's interested can reach out to me: kevin@mattermark.com