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That Time I Interviewed With 22 People AT ONCE
Some years ago, I interviewed for a position and was invited to the on-site. My recruiter walked me to the conference room where two people were waiting. After exchanging greetings, one of my interviewers says, “We’re still waiting on a...
No More (Third Party) Recruiters
We are all familiar with third-party recruiters. You may have used them to find a job, and many of you have probably used them to source candidates. Third-party recruiters (both individual and agencies) serve a very needed function in the...
Interviewing someone when you don't know anything about their role
It’s not uncommon to find yourself in a position of having to hire someone for a role you know little-to-nothing about. Perhaps the most common occurrence of this is when engineering managers have to hire their first DevOps Engineer. Hiring...
What's the difference in interviewing a contractor vs FTE?
There is, but that not big of a difference. Let’s make a distinction first.