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Hi! I’m Gayle Laakmann McDowell Author Interview Coach Interview Consulting (CS) (MBA)

Слайд 1Dev Interview Training
How to Interview Developers: Best & Worst Practices
Oct 15,

2015

Слайд 2Hi! I’m Gayle Laakmann McDowell
Author
Interview Coach
Interview Consulting


(CS)
(MBA)


Слайд 3Core Beliefs
Philosophies around hiring
01


Слайд 4#1: Interviews don’t need to mirror the real world


Слайд 5#2: Good candidate experiences matter


Слайд 6#3: You’ll never have a perfect process


Слайд 7#4: You need to THINK about your process


Слайд 8The Interview
Goals & Questions
02


Слайд 9Goals
Great employees, not great interviewees
Good in 6 months, not 6 days
Reduce

false negatives
Keep candidates happy ☺

Слайд 10Core Question Types
Experience/Behavioral Questions
Knowledge
Design/Architecture
Problem Solving/Algorithms
Coding
Can be mixed and matched!


Слайд 11Behavioral/Experience
What do you ask and why?
03


Слайд 121. Why?
Is this a person you want to work with?
Technical expertise
Has

made good, interesting technical decisions
Culture fit/personality
Not arrogant, curious, initiative, etc
Communication
Can they articulate impact?

Слайд 132. Bad Practices & False Negatives
Undefined “cultural fit”
Interviewer assumptions
Overly specific questions
Not

focusing on self
“We” not “I”


Слайд 143. Best Practices
Probe deeper
Be nice and friendly
(Even if you feel differently)
Stick

to more technical discussions
Challenge YOUR assumptions
In every interview

Слайд 154. Evaluation
A factor in ALL interviews
Err towards listing minor concerns
Even

if it’s just a “feeling”
Challenge your assumptions


Слайд 165. Examples
Dive into a technical project
Walk through design on whiteboard
Discuss tradeoffs,

key decisions, etc
Extensions to project (scaling, etc)
Focus on personal impact




Слайд 17Knowledge
What do you really need?
04


Слайд 181. Why?
Do they know the stuff they should?
Do they have the

relevant job skills?


Слайд 192. Bad Practices & False Negatives
Only basic knowledge
Requiring stuff you don’t

really need
Too many factual questions


Слайд 203. Best Practices
Hard to acquire OR a red flag
Relevant to job
Discussions

> fact grilling
Evaluation should be mostly qualitative
OR: Questions easily Googled are bad

Слайд 214. Examples
How does ____ work?
How do you think it’s implemented?


Слайд 22Design
Big, meaty problems
05


Слайд 231. Why?
Tests:
Ability to tackle open-ended problems
Communication/teamwork skills
A different side of

problem-solving
Respects experience of senior candidates

Слайд 242. Bad Practices & False Negatives
Unreasonable knowledge expectations
Some candidates don’t know

“the flow”
Can’t ask questions
More of a factual answer
Don’t drive the process

Слайд 253. Best Practices
Ask open-ended problems
Encourage follow up questions
Have candidate walk through


Let candidate drive

Слайд 264. Evaluation
Ability to make tradeoffs
Ability to identify issues
Separate knowledge from attributes
Response

to feedback

Слайд 275. Examples
Design API for…
System for Amazon book rank
System for TinyURL
OOD for

a music library

Слайд 28Algorithms
Make ‘em think
06


Слайд 291. Why?
Smart people do good work
Hires adaptable people
Very effective if done

well


Слайд 302. Bad Practices & False Negatives
Easy questions
Questions with “a ha” moments
Well

known problems (or patterns)

Слайд 313. Best Practices
Ask the right questions
Be nice and friendly
Coach
MAKE THEM THINK


Слайд 323a. The Right Questions
Medium-to-hard questions
Multiple hurdles
Unusual questions
Avoid obscure knowledge


Слайд 333a. Reasonable Knowledge


Слайд 343b. Be Nice and Friendly
Intimidated candidates do poorly
Candidates cling to every

word
Use this!
“Good job”, “great point”, etc.
Especially if they’re struggling or nervous

Слайд 353c. Coach
Give hints as necessary
Encourage examples (input/output)
Remind them of key details
Stop

them from writing code too early

Слайд 363d. Phone Interviews vs. Onsite
Don’t “go easy” on the phone
But avoid

problems needing diagrams
Strings, hash tables, linked lists are easy to draw
Trees and graphs are hard

Слайд 374. Evaluation
Not just correct vs. incorrect
How optimal? How quickly? How many

hints?
Compare to other candidates
Early on you won’t be calibrated
More of a “gut feel” than a metric


Слайд 38

Rand7: Given rand5(), implement rand7()
Has “a ha” moment

5. Bad Questions


Слайд 39

Sub Permutations: Given two strings, s and t, find all permutations

of s within t.


5. Good Question


Слайд 40Coding
Practical stuff
07


Слайд 411. Why?
Code quality matters
Not everyone can translate algorithm into code


Слайд 422. Bad Practices & False Negatives
Requiring every detail
Tedious questions
Taking over the

testing
Letting the candidate code too early

Слайд 43Goal: “Seemingly compilable” code.
Don’t waste time
Do you really need that Node

class?
Encourage abbreviations, skipping uninteresting parts, etc.
Make it clear when they should/shouldn’t code
Encourage testing, refactoring, etc


3. Best Practices


Слайд 444. Whiteboard vs. Computer
More communication
More thought
More focus on essentials

BUT: slow &

tedious

Can be more comfortable
Can write faster

BUT: compiling can be distracting


Слайд 455. Evaluation
Look at structure and style
But differentiate what’s trainable
Not about complete

vs. incomplete
Let the candidate test



Слайд 46Final Thoughts
Things to remember
07


Слайд 47Remember:
It’s on YOU to get the info you want
Challenge your assumptions
Separate

“did they do X?” from “can they do X?”

Слайд 48Remember:
Err towards noting it on feedback
Be nice and friendly
MAKE THEM THINK


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