Nowadays, I am recruiting tech interns for technology team of Cohortplus project. We gather resumes, shortlist candidates and conduct some telephonic rounds. This is followed up with some face to face interviews. The process of recruitment has provided me an opportunity to put on shoes of Interviewer and see things from his angle.
I have appeared in numerous interviews since my under-graduation. A good tech company takes around 5 to 6 rounds of interviews. By some rough estimate, I can claim to have appeared in nearly 100 interviews till date. This would include my internship effort during under-graduation, placement efforts, M.S. internship efforts, Research assistantship interviews, Civils mocks interviews and occasional appearances in interviews in last 6-7 months. Number of times, I was thrown out unexpectedly at last juncture. I always wondered about my mistakes. The current role as interviewer allows me to evaluate my own failures in more objective fashion. I am compiling some observations below.
1. Always go full throttle in the interview. Don't be subdued. Don't show modesty. Interviewer may mistake your modesty as your lack of content.
2. In the technical rounds, take care of various use-cases, null scenarios, dry run, cleanliness of code.
3. Don't tell your weakness to interviewer. Even if he insists.
4. Don't be indecisive and confused. You should be able to inspire confidence in your interviewer.
5. No body knows the solution. Even the interviewer does not know the solution. So keep trying different things.
6. Approach the problem in a systematic manner. Every one likes systematic approach.
7. Think louder. Keep talking and keep telling the interviewer about your problem solving approach.
8. Give multiple solution to the problem.
On top of all this, One must be thorough with his subjects.
I have appeared in numerous interviews since my under-graduation. A good tech company takes around 5 to 6 rounds of interviews. By some rough estimate, I can claim to have appeared in nearly 100 interviews till date. This would include my internship effort during under-graduation, placement efforts, M.S. internship efforts, Research assistantship interviews, Civils mocks interviews and occasional appearances in interviews in last 6-7 months. Number of times, I was thrown out unexpectedly at last juncture. I always wondered about my mistakes. The current role as interviewer allows me to evaluate my own failures in more objective fashion. I am compiling some observations below.
1. Always go full throttle in the interview. Don't be subdued. Don't show modesty. Interviewer may mistake your modesty as your lack of content.
2. In the technical rounds, take care of various use-cases, null scenarios, dry run, cleanliness of code.
3. Don't tell your weakness to interviewer. Even if he insists.
4. Don't be indecisive and confused. You should be able to inspire confidence in your interviewer.
5. No body knows the solution. Even the interviewer does not know the solution. So keep trying different things.
6. Approach the problem in a systematic manner. Every one likes systematic approach.
7. Think louder. Keep talking and keep telling the interviewer about your problem solving approach.
8. Give multiple solution to the problem.
On top of all this, One must be thorough with his subjects.
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