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Lessons from 3,000 technical interviews
See what we learned running technical interviewing for over 3,000 software engineers.
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If you care about diversity, don't just hire from the same five schools
Want to hire engineers from non-traditional backgrounds? Stop relying on career fairs.
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No engineer has ever sued because of constructive post-interview feedback
One of the things that sucks most about technical interviews is that they’re a black box. How can we tackle that?
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Red flags I saw while doing technical interviews
I recently did 60+ technical interviews in 30 days. Here are some red flags I observed among the companies I spoke to.
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What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes?
To make sense of all the contradictory info on Google & Facebook hiring freezes, we surveyed hundreds of engineers who are interviewing there right now.
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Data on the uselessness of LinkedIn endorsements
LinkedIn endorsements are useless. See the research we did and learn why these endorsements are dumb.
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Impostor syndrome strikes men just as hard as women in technical interviews
The modern technical interview is a rite of passage for software engineers and (hopefully!) the precursor to a great job.
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We built voice modulation to mask gender in technical interviews
We built software to mask gender in technical engineering interviews. See what we learned and why it matters.
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What to say when recruiters ask you to name the first number
Here's what to say when recruiters ask you to name your salary expectations (plus other tips and tricks, especially for software engineers).
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We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline problem in engineering hiring
For years, companies have been trying things like unconscious bias training, anonymizing resumes, etc. The numbers have barely moved. Here's a better way.
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We analyzed thousands of interviews on everything from language to code style
A data-driven analysis of thousands of technical interviews that focuses on easily measurable attributes that many interviews share.
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Technical interview performance is kind of arbitrary
Single interview outcomes aren't as reliable as you might think.
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How much have tech layoffs affected engineers vs. other departments?
How much have 2022 layoffs impacted engineers? We combed through and tagged dozens of layoff lists. The results may surprise you.
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What do the best interviewers have in common?
What do the best technical interviewers have in common? We looked at thousands of real interviews to find out the answer to this important question.
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You can’t fix diversity in tech without fixing the technical interview
Hiring is broken. A brief history of technical interviewing, look at where things standa today, and what can be done.
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We analyzed 100K technical interviews to see where the best performers work
We’ve hosted over 100K technical interviews at interviewing.io. Here are the companies whose engineers are really good at technical interviews.
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We looked at how a thousand college students performed in technical interviews
Campus recruiting marches on, and companies keep doing the same thing expecting different results. So what can companies do differently?
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People are still bad at gauging their own interview performance
Why are people so bad at gauging their own interviewing performance? We investigated and dig into the data to see what we can learn.
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The technical interview practice gap
Access to technical interview practice matters more than raw technical ability, and without it, we won't fix representation in tech.
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What is the engineering hiring bar?
An engineer invests countless hours preparing to interview for a new job. To succeed, the engineer must meet the hiring bar. What does that actually mean?
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The hidden costs of engineering time in technical interviewing
Whether you’re a recruiter or an engineer, you’ve probably heard of "cost per hire". Here's how to measure it properly.