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Which Type Of Career Planner Are You?

Interview for Tech Companies – Improve Your Interviewing Skills

This quiz is a short assessment to help solidify the key takeaways from Chapter 1-4 of Nail That Interview ebook.

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The sole purpose of a screening interview is for the recruiter to check if you are still looking for a job.

Yes

No

What are some of the information that you should share with the recruiter? Tick all that apply.

What information should you find out about the company/role(s) during a screening interveiw?

Latest copy of written job description

Company culture

Current challenges that the company or the hiring manager may be facing

All of the above

Take-home exercises are only applicable to software engineer roles.

Yes

No

What are some of the things hiring managers are looking to see in your take-home exercise? Tick all that apply.

Demonstration of an understanding of industry best practices and principles.

Sufficient information on the decisions and assumptions you made for the exercise

Usage of popular third-party libraries

Relevancy to the company's existing best practices

A downloadable source code

Consistency

What are the essential ingredients to a successful live presentation interview?

Questioning

Thinking

Education

Humor

Are leadership interviews mainly for management roles?

Yes

No

To ace cultural interviews, you need to do the following homework. Tick all that apply.

Study the company's mission, vision, values and principles

Learn more about executives/co-founders of the company

Learn more about the company's culture

Send an email to the company's executives before your interview

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Are you an effective engineering manager? Take this quiz to find out.

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