I've been doing hiring manager screens lately. Here's a few tips.

Without reading their resume, you'll see if a candidate is fresh or has been doing this a while. And you'll know their blind spots and their strengths

The way you interview changes as you go through your career. If you're grinding leetcode 10 years in, something's wrong.

Skills and experience matter more than prestigious schools and employers.

everything people say is bad about modern tech interviews is actually good 🤯

How do you stand out as an expert amid tech layoffs?

No it's not a wrong answer or floundering with algorithms. Not even being nervous or shy or having a language barrier. Culture fit is the least of your worries if you make this mistake.

Interviews are terrible. Stressful, time-intensive, loosely correlated with on the job performance. They're the least terrible way we have to hire.

High value experts use positioning statements to say what they do for whom. Most engineers don't have one. 🤨

Degree matters if you have nothing better to show, consulting and BigTech backgrounds are negative, too many seniors can't code.

You're not asking for a job, you're selling a service. The true question behind every interview is "How can you help us?"