Seniorize yourself in 8 minutes? 🤔
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- Software engineers, presentation is the most important factor in deciding whether you receive mid-level or senior-level offers.
The key is to forget the work you did with your fingertips, your identity can't be tied to the work you did with your hands. If you do that, you'll be viewed as less senior than you desire.
This interview tip is helpful to prevent downleveling, so you can get the offers you're truly capable of.
In this video, Dima Korolev (Ex-Google, Ex-Microsoft, Software Architect, Head of AI) coaches up Alex Bowe (senior software engineer, PhD, AI Engineer).
In 8 minutes, the key points from their full mock interview/mentorship session are conveyed so you can learn the nuances between the levels.
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Chapters
00:00 Cold open
00:08 Intro
00:26 Alex intro
00:42 First question from Dima, and Alex's first response
1:02 Alex goes into "Mid-level mode"
1:25 Critical feedback from Dima
2:20 Alex goes into "Mid-level mode" again
2:52 More critical feedback from Dima
3:53 Alex improves! He's on the fence of "Mid / senior mode"
4:35 Dima gives even more critical feedback
5:08 Dima gives an example to elevate Alex into "Senior mode"
5:34 Final question from Dima
5:39 Alex taps into "Senior mode"!!!!
6:17 Glowing feedback from Dima and Kevin
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🤑 What did you think of the tip to "forget your fingertips" (also called "forget what you did with your hands")? What else would you like to discover about the approach of a good senior engineer?
If that's what they want then I have to tell them what they want to hear. But at the same time I find it a little offensive because as a developers we write code with our hands and that is the main things for us but he kinda shamed for that. I find that if interviewer were to say this to developers in the middle of interview, developers should just standup and walk out of the room without even saying goodbye to interviewer. And if 20 developers did it like that then maybe after trying to hire senior for like year with no results they would start to learn some respect for devs.
So key takeaway from this is that don't be too technical but rather tell what you did from business point of view. So basically explain to your non-technical friend and if he/she will find that you have added value to the company then you are senior.
This is really important and I've seen this in interviews I've done (as the interviewer) where people come across as just being a member on a team and just doing their day-to-day job. And yes those devs are needed on larger teams just to push the basic features through, but what you're often looking for is someone who can be trusted to make executive decisions that have a positive impact on their peers, the project and deliver real results. And to do that they can't just be someone who sits in the silo just dealing with whatever random tasks come their way. They need to be someone who takes ownership, interfaces with the right people, and takes additional steps to ensure the company's goals are met, not just the goals of that one team. They care about product, not just code. They are available to others for assistance, and they have a multiplier effect on any team they work on. And as seen in this video, you need to present yourself in a way that communicates that - and also your passion for it.
Can you pls upload more of this? Really insightful.
We are recording another of these sessions this week :) What specifically would you like to see?
@@ApplyPass I guess the way the answers needs to be articulated i.e the choice of words, impact etc.. This video gives only a sneak peak.
@@abhilashkr1175 Okay, so a deeper look. Nice! Yes, that's what we're working on next :)
@@abhilashkr1175 This Thursday, we're posting a 1-hour version of this short video. For you!
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Please do more of these. I work as EM and its helpful to understand how senior candidates think
Great content, we need more of this 👍👍
REALLY good content right there
You have my like and subscription, so helpful.
What are the best ways to articulate times when you were the owner and architect of a project but delegated much of the day to day engineering work to others?
explain how you identified what needed to be done
More!
Lets simplify shall we: just ACT AS IF. Thats it. Find a role model, someone you know would pass the interviews, study their mannerisms, and impersonate their responses. If you can do that, you will pass the interview too. In time, with daily practice, youll become that person...then youll nees to find a new role model who can help you level up again. If you cant impersonate your role model, then you aint ready to level up