General Flashcards
*TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF.” / ELEVATOR SPEECH
“I’m a language-agnostic Full Stack Software Engineer. I’ve worked on web automation, scrapers, algorithms & Frontend projects.”
WHY SHOULD WE HIRE YOU INSTEAD OF OTHER CANDIDATES?
- pedigree,
- Determined
- problem solving approach
- golden rule / integrity
WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT MOTIVATES YOU? / WHAT ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT?
- results
- challenges
- advancement
- fighting for my team
WHY ARE YOU LEAVING YOUR CURRENT JOB?
- accomplished goals
- hired gun
- I’ve wanted to do this for a long time and now I have the chance
WHAT ARE YOUR GREATEST STRENGTHS?
- Versatility
- Inventiveness
- Determination
WHAT ARE YOUR GREATEST WEAKNESSES?
- I need to be doing meaningful work
WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE FUTURE?
- Do good work where good things can come from it
- Make an increasingly bigger impact
- Learn new tech/lang
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 5 YEARS?
- Building a reputation at the company and in my development community
- Adding the best, newest tech to my stack
WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTED SALARY?
- FMV
- What do you think that looks like? Is that your band?
WHAT DID YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR LAST POSITION?
- Lots of new challenges
WHAT DID YOU LIKE LEAST ABOUT YOUR LAST POSITION?
- Disconnect between Client and Team mentality
- Work/Life
CAN YOU DISCUSS YOUR SALARY HISTORY?
I’ll just say this will be a pay cut, happy w/ FMV just to be in this field.
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE.
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DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
- WHAT ELSE ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FROM ME TODAY?
- opportunities for advancement
- company direction in the next 5 years
- do you think the company does a better than average job of doing right by their employees? what about my to-be-manager?
- what’s my manager like?
- my team?
WHAT IS YOUR MANAGEMENT STYLE?
- lead by example
- motivate when possible
- professional
- challenging
What are your greatest acheivements? (one for each pos)
- Texan:
- Yodle:
- BAS:
- Ale:
What are your greatest acheivements? (one for each pos)
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WHY ARE YOU CHANGING CAREERS?
- I’ve wanted this for more than 10 years, and finally found the opening to make it happen.
WHAT DID YOU DO AT ALETHEIA?
- Everything. Sales, mktg, production, analytics, automation, management.
- COD: WEB SCRAPERS / RANK CHECKERS /
WHAT DID YOU DO AT BAS?
- ran $10M PPC campaign, Shopping ads & some SEO
- COD: Google ads scripts
WHAT DID YOU DO AT YODLE?
- Dedicated Organic SEO person for 10k accts
- COD: WEB AUTOMATION / RANK CHECKERS / MARKETING TOOLS (SCHEDULING, TEXT RANDOMIZER) / REGRESSION MODELS
WALKTHROUGH - SOFTWARE SHOPPER
- Research business software using PC Mag review data
- TECH: ReactJS & Redux frameworks
WALKTHROUGH - VALUEHOUR
- View / Report pricing & specials at local happy hours
- TECH: Rails App with a jQuery Front End
https: //learn.co/tracks/cpb-v5/rails-and-javascript/project-mode/rails-app-with-a-jquery-front-end
WALKTHROUGH - WHOS HIRING
- Job Leads for Engineering Students
- TECH: Sinatra CRUD MVC app
https: //learn.co/tracks/cpb-v5/sinatra/sinatra-project-mode/sinatra-portfolio-project
