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Interview Questions for Software Development Managers and Leaders

kate — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:20:31 +0000

As I noted in previous post, I left my role to join a new team. Before I left, a big part of my time was spent interviewing the potential candidates to replace me. As I was setting up the process and working with my team, one of the first questions that came up was “How [...]

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Keeping Interviews on Schedule – Effective Interviewing

kate — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:35:34 +0000

Keep an interview on schedule In my previous post on interviewing TPMs, there was a note in the comments about keeping interviews on schedule. This isn’t the first time people have asked about this topic though, since it is a challenge for any interviewer. You want to make sure candidates have a great experience interviewing. [...]

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Creating Good SDE Interview Questions – Effective Interviewing

kate — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:28:51 +0000

This post covers the anatomy of a good interview question and is part of my series on effective interviewing. I have already written about planning ahead for interviews, and a key part of that is having good questions. There are lots of sites online with questions you can pull from, it is also good to [...]

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Prepping for Interviews – Effective Interviews Part 1

kate — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:11:08 +0000

In many ways interviewing is an art. You have one hour (more if you count the cumulative interview time) to assess if the candidate has the desired skills; and, more importantly, if you would enjoy working with them. That is a lot of ground to cover! And as if finding out all that information wasn’t [...]

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Planning an Offsite

kate — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:32:41 +0000

When people read my blog, sometimes people email me in response to something I post, or to ask me about ideas. I generally don’t mind this because it makes me think about problems (and like puzzles, solving problems can be a lot of fun), and it allows me to connect with the people who actually [...]

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Keep Improving! – Being Awesome Part 4

kate — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:14:49 +0000

This post is part of a series on Being Awesome at your job. The first post was on how to manage your career, the second on being a great person to have on a team, the third on improving your communication skills (including listening and sharing information verbally and in writing), and this final part on the [...]

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Improve Your Communication Skills – Being Awesome Part 3b

kate — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:05:17 +0000

This post is part of a series on Being Awesome at your job. The first post was on how to manage your career, the second on being a great person to have on a team, and this third part is all about communication. Since it was soooooo long, I divided it in two parts one on listening [...]

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Improve Your Communication Skills – Listening – Being Awesome Part 3a

kate — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:54:41 +0000

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Being a great teammate – Being Awesome Part 2

kate — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:54:29 +0000

This part 2 in my being awesome series (in preparation for my talk on the same topic). Part 1 is all about managing your career, and this second portion is all about being a good team member that people will want to work alongside. Being a great teammate As technical people it is so easy [...]

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Manage Your Career – Being Awesome Part 1

kate — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:46:14 +0000

In a few weeks I am giving a talk on “Being Awesome in Your Job” and this is the first part of a series I am writing to help me prepare [FYI: For those who don't know me, I think out loud - in fact, to me thoughts aren't real until I verbalize them. Therefore in [...]

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