So true what you said about the Tech interviewers. So often I was in interviews, where the persons are clearly not read my CV at all (mostly in the second round, after meeting HR). So you could see how they come up with made up questions during the interview. And this is so difficult because sometimes they lead to nowhere! I don't blame, them. Most of them, as you said Alex, are engineers who got invited to join the interview. In short: I wish the the Interviewer side would be full prepared and trained so the already stressful situation is less goes much smoother through. And true: Be authentic! Be yourself, you may play a role during the 1h of the interview but you can't keep up a different version of yourself everyday.
Great advice! I worked with Alex and he helped me land a promotion into a new role that boosted my career significantly! thank you so much Alex! great video
Thanks Ruben, sometimes we have all the skills we need but it just takes someone to sound board off to help us see that too ( that was certainly your case! ) .
Really nice video Alex, especially given the current climate. The misconception around the interview process is interesting and I think that this is highly prevalent especially, in organisations like your own where there’s a closer relationship with the hiring process. Sometimes, I think large orgs sometimes get this wrong where they are largely removed from the personnel they are hiring… essentially, shipping the interview process to every corner of the globe within an org. You can end up in an interview where the interviewee doesn’t really care and probably won’t work with you. 100% on peeps listing things they don’t know. Nothing worse than interviewing someone and they flop, on areas they’ve listed or even worse, listed on their own behalf a score or chart of how well they know something (that they don’t). I’ve questioned this and sometimes, people cave under pressure from recruiters and add this without, fully appreciating the risks. The impassive mode hack is very good, nicely shared. Enjoyed this. Keep them coming!
Thanks for the insights James, it’s also encouraging to hear that you’ve drawn some similar conclusions on the industrialisation of the interview process. Thanks for watching 😊
What kind of recommendations would you have for someone who has very bad episodic memory and is asked to recall scenario of type X, Y or Z from the past? I struggle with this without having come prepared with an answer, but one can't expect to predict every question. For example: in the past I was asked to describe an incident and what was my role in it, and despite being part of many of them I couldn't describe a single one in detail. I had to ask for time to go and look in our issue tracker, but even that isn't doable for all types of questions.
I think that having a few key narratives would be a way to build out your answer against those stories. For example, describe doing X with Y, you would think about one of those scenarios and look to find how you map the question to the answer. Typically you might try to rehearse a) An example of building a complex system b) an example of impact in an organisation c) an example of working with other teams - However, if you struggle to recall episodic details, you could try to leverage the emotional side of - how did those kinds of events make you feel? Therefore, when you're asked about "tell us when you did A,B,C" you can think about the emotional connection which might help to recount some of those memories a little easier - for example; if you remember doing something vaguely similar being a challenge due to the people in the team; I would start with that observation and build on that answer.
@@CloudNativeSkunkworks Thanks for getting back to me! I'm afraid even emotional aspects are completely lost in the ether for me, so I think personally I just need to build up a bank of canned responses for common questions of that ilk. Keep up the good, I'm really glad I found this channel!
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So true what you said about the Tech interviewers. So often I was in interviews, where the persons are clearly not read my CV at all (mostly in the second round, after meeting HR). So you could see how they come up with made up questions during the interview. And this is so difficult because sometimes they lead to nowhere!
I don't blame, them. Most of them, as you said Alex, are engineers who got invited to join the interview. In short: I wish the the Interviewer side would be full prepared and trained so the already stressful situation is less goes much smoother through.
And true: Be authentic! Be yourself, you may play a role during the 1h of the interview but you can't keep up a different version of yourself everyday.
Great advice! I worked with Alex and he helped me land a promotion into a new role that boosted my career significantly! thank you so much Alex! great video
Thanks Ruben, sometimes we have all the skills we need but it just takes someone to sound board off to help us see that too ( that was certainly your case! ) .
Really nice video Alex, especially given the current climate.
The misconception around the interview process is interesting and I think that this is highly prevalent especially, in organisations like your own where there’s a closer relationship with the hiring process. Sometimes, I think large orgs sometimes get this wrong where they are largely removed from the personnel they are hiring… essentially, shipping the interview process to every corner of the globe within an org. You can end up in an interview where the interviewee doesn’t really care and probably won’t work with you.
100% on peeps listing things they don’t know. Nothing worse than interviewing someone and they flop, on areas they’ve listed or even worse, listed on their own behalf a score or chart of how well they know something (that they don’t). I’ve questioned this and sometimes, people cave under pressure from recruiters and add this without, fully appreciating the risks.
The impassive mode hack is very good, nicely shared.
Enjoyed this. Keep them coming!
Thanks for the insights James, it’s also encouraging to hear that you’ve drawn some similar conclusions on the industrialisation of the interview process. Thanks for watching 😊
Thanks for the tips Alex!
You bet! Thanks for watching
Ive just found the channel. It great thanks great videos :)
Very helpful. I've just completed a computer science degree so I will look at jobs very soon.
What kind of recommendations would you have for someone who has very bad episodic memory and is asked to recall scenario of type X, Y or Z from the past? I struggle with this without having come prepared with an answer, but one can't expect to predict every question. For example: in the past I was asked to describe an incident and what was my role in it, and despite being part of many of them I couldn't describe a single one in detail. I had to ask for time to go and look in our issue tracker, but even that isn't doable for all types of questions.
I think that having a few key narratives would be a way to build out your answer against those stories. For example, describe doing X with Y, you would think about one of those scenarios and look to find how you map the question to the answer. Typically you might try to rehearse a) An example of building a complex system b) an example of impact in an organisation c) an example of working with other teams -
However, if you struggle to recall episodic details, you could try to leverage the emotional side of - how did those kinds of events make you feel? Therefore, when you're asked about "tell us when you did A,B,C" you can think about the emotional connection which might help to recount some of those memories a little easier - for example; if you remember doing something vaguely similar being a challenge due to the people in the team; I would start with that observation and build on that answer.
@@CloudNativeSkunkworks Thanks for getting back to me! I'm afraid even emotional aspects are completely lost in the ether for me, so I think personally I just need to build up a bank of canned responses for common questions of that ilk. Keep up the good, I'm really glad I found this channel!