Lots of people want to work at startups these days. And for good reason. When I left my former positions at big companies like Microsoft and Amazon, I caught the startup bug and got hooked on the challenge and opportunity they provided. But the thing that we all love about startups – that they’re different [...]
Previously I posted about “How to Write Good Job Descriptions” but it seems like that post needs another installment: what you shouldn’t do, and how to figure it out. Recently someone forwarded me a job posting (the company shall remain nameless) below. At first, I was just appalled at one line in the job description: [...]
When it comes to interviewing you should prepare ahead of time so that you can ensure that greatest chance of success that you will receive an offer from the company. Too often people brush up on the technical/knowledge parts of interviewing and completely neglect the whole “question” part. Do yourself a favor and prep. Based [...]
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 [...]