Special set of skills
Better than 1 interview every 2 weeks. Much better.
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Michael Stahnke
Puppet, Inc
Director of Engineering
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Everybody on said team needs to
know exactly what you’re hiring for
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Scorecard and Job Description
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Scorecard and Job Description
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Don’t ask dumb technical
questions
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Culture isn’t about hanging out
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Culture is about the way you
work
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Have a team with focus areas
Know what you’re hiring for exactly
Dig deep technical
Dig deep culturally
Group vote at once
Rate your interview
Trust your gut
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What do you want out of a role here that
you’re not getting at $CURRENTJOB
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What’s difficult about {building, testing,
designing, using} distributed systems?
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Tell me about a time you stood up to your
management. Did you stop a shipment.
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Tell me the thing you’re most proud
of that you worked on. Why?
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env
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Rate the candidate
use gladiator thing here?
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The interview (not the candidate)
also needs a rating, from you.
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If you mention how hot one of the
earlier interviewers was, it’s probably
not the place for you.
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The best thing you can do is
prepare. Get better. It matters.
And don’t forget about Dre.
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