Lauren and David go in-depth about looking beyond code, how experience doesn't correlate to core skills, and how companies can use their hiring process to their advantage.
Show Notes
Talking Points:
- Assessing Goals
- Thinking Beyond Code
- Interviewing Processes
- Core Skills & Technical Skills
- Find Right People For A Team
- Searching For A Job
- Exciting Tech Developments
Quotable Quotes:
- “Think more than just about code.” - LT
- “Your seniority is often correlated to the effect you have outside of just yourself.” -DG
- “There are different approaches to interviewing and evaluating people.” - LT
- “I don’t like calling certain skills ‘soft’ skills. I like calling them ‘core’ skills.” - LT
- “The technical interview is a very artificial process.” - LT
- “Every manager has a different process to which questions they ask.” - LT
- “Core skills don’t need to be acquired from having 10 years experience, but rather can be exhibited by junior engineers.” - LT
- “Technical and Core skills are kind of like left and right shoes. You need both of them.” - DG
- "Don't copy FANG's interview practices but rather think about the person that your company needs to be successful." - LT
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