What is it like to interview at 1 tech company? Stressful and tiring. What is it like to interview at 100 tech companies? In early September 2016, I quit an uninspiring full-time remote software job and talked to 100 employers in the Bay Area to find the best fit. Listen to my rants and ruminations about that journey.
This 30-minute talk was given at PyCon 2017 in Portland, DjangoCon Europe 2017 in Florence, and a condensed 10-minute version was given at Codeland 2017 in NYC.
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Rants and Ruminations From A Job Applicant After 💯 CS Job Interviews in Silicon Valley
1. Susan Tan
Employed Software Engineer in San Francisco Bay Area
Rants and Ruminations
From A Job Applicant
After 💯Job Interviews
in Silicon Valley
@ArcTanSusan
2. Not my first time as a job applicant
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3. My past amazing workplace culture:
Piston Cloud Computing
a photo of the early founding team
4. Criteria of NO’s
• No large companies
• No homogeneous culture
• No arrogant young
techbros
• No stupid apps
• No to being cofounder or
first engineer
• No to offices more than
30 miles away
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5. 6 things I hate about the
job interview process
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19. Take-Home Code Challenges
• No time constraint, no feedback,
unpaid labor
• 3-4 job positions, 18-32 hours
total.
💩 💩
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20. Take-Home Code Challenges
• No time constraint, no feedback,
unpaid labor
• Doesn’t fit job description
• wrong programming language
💩 💩
@ArcTanSusan
21. Take-Home Code Challenges
• No time constraint, no feedback,
unpaid labor
• Doesn’t fit job description
• wrong programming language
• algorithms-heavy
💩 💩
@ArcTanSusan
22. Take-Home Code Challenges
• No time constraint, no feedback,
unpaid labor
• Doesn’t fit job description
• wrong programming language
• algorithms-heavy
• A bad first impression to an
applicant
💩 💩
@ArcTanSusan
23. My typical interview week
Living in San Francisco is 💰 💰 💰 💰 💰 💰, so needed to keep
schedule 🏃busy busy busy. 🏃
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