Interview advice that got me offers from Google, Microsoft, and Stripe
An important fact of life is that, in these kind of interviews, questions are predictable. Interviews are a very imperfect way to measure skill and you should absolutely take advantage of that.
How to Crush an Interview
As we’ve recently just gone through some hiring rounds for some positions at CD Limited, it was really interesting to see the multiple different approaches to approaching an interview.
After 1000+ applications the top candidates all did something in common - they put in the most preparation and answered the questions i... See more
gareth Kerr added
Good interview questions:Collaboration: Tell me about a time you disagreed with an engineer on your team and how you resolved it.Execution: Pick a project you’re proud of that took 3-9 months. Walk me through it from beginning to end. I’ll ask questions along the way. [Give this ~7-10 minutes]Strategy: Pick a product you worked on in the past year—... See more
Lenny Rachitsky • How to interview product managers
sari added
Here’s a quick outline of some of the things I’ve encountered: 1. Hiring T-shaped people versus specialists2. Try to get doers3. More candidate flow solves a lot of problems4. Interview for the actual work you’ll be doing, not skillset trivia5. Raw intelligence is just one factor – don’t overestimate it.
Andrew Chen • Building the initial team for seed stage startups at andrewchen
Jordan Bester added
During interviews, I try to create a stillness that helps separate signal from noise, elephants from riders. The easiest way to create conditions of stillness is to talk very little. It also helps to have the candidate you’re trying to see clearly ask you questions. Questions have very high signal value compared to most anything else you can get fr... See more
grahamduncan.blog • What's Going on Here, With This Human? - Graham Duncan Blog
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LXmDawZWGPVq50kWWj7MhSXmDgIteh6iiGyZlsp9tJc/edit
High-Signal Interview Questions for hiring
Rinkesh Gorasia added
