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Not trolling, but really curious, how do you propose one demonstrates the following in a very convincing way during the interview? > - You need to demonstrate,

Not trolling, but really curious, how do you propose one demonstrates the following in a very convincing way during the interview? > - You need to demonstrate, without a doubt, that you can/have worked autonomously, that you can/have been self managing in the past Do you simply state your experience of having worked autonomously, or having self-managed? If yes, how would you still stand out, because it's like every other candidate also states the same thing "Oh yeah, I require minimum supervision, always get my sh*t done on time by self-managing". and > that you provide a better bang-for-the-buck than anyone else who has applied This is even more vague and fuzzy. How do you demonstrate that you "provide a better bang-for-the-buck than anyone else who has applied" during a phone interview? References?

9to5isdead 9y ago
Well in my case I put a massive amount of effort into the technical portion of my interview. I was given a week, as they knew how busy I was. I spent a good 8 hours on it, and went above and beyond. Instead of a simple working SPA, I produced a full working system with full UI, REST API, 100% coverage, rolling data import, containerisation and deployment scripts for all services, pseudo-branding, documentation, GitHub organisation with repo per service, and to top it off, deployed it to a $5 droplet and provided credentials. This is what you'll be up against when interviewing for good remote companies. I work for a remote first company, not just a remote friendly company, so the competition really is stiff. With the wage I went in for, it was a no brainer. Was hired days later, and it's been the best job I've had so far. As a remote worker, you really do have to be a self-manager, you're trusted by your team – in the same way you trust your team – to get shit done. Another thing I did was ace the interview. I went into it with the confidence to present myself as I knew myself, as I knew they didn't. I switched the interview around and interviewed them, and in the end, we were all laughing. What I would say is "show, don't tell".
- justboxing 9y ago
  > , I produced a full working system with full UI, REST API, 100% coverage, rolling data import, containerisation and deployment scripts for all services, pseudo-branding, documentation, GitHub organisation with repo per service, and to top it off, deployed it to a $5 droplet and provided credentials. In 8 hours that's very impressive. Thank you for your feedback. I wasn't aware that remote companies gave coding assignments, but it makes sense.
- nullundefined 9y ago
  From your experience, do most remote interview loops have take home projects like this or do they tend to focus heavily on whiteboard-esque programming challenges?
  - djheru 9y ago
    I've had 3 remote positions over the last 6 years, and all of them had realistic(-ish) programming challenges that I was evaluated on.
deedubaya 9y ago
> Do you simply state your experience of having worked autonomously, or having self-managed? Yes, and you back that up with evidence of a project completed, references backing up their positive experience, etc.

9to5isdead 9y ago

Well in my case I put a massive amount of effort into the technical portion of my interview. I was given a week, as they knew how busy I was. I spent a good 8 hours on it, and went above and beyond. Instead of a simple working SPA, I produced a full working system with full UI, REST API, 100% coverage, rolling data import, containerisation and deployment scripts for all services, pseudo-branding, documentation, GitHub organisation with repo per service, and to top it off, deployed it to a $5 droplet and provided credentials. This is what you'll be up against when interviewing for good remote companies. I work for a remote first company, not just a remote friendly company, so the competition really is stiff. With the wage I went in for, it was a no brainer. Was hired days later, and it's been the best job I've had so far. As a remote worker, you really do have to be a self-manager, you're trusted by your team – in the same way you trust your team – to get shit done. Another thing I did was ace the interview. I went into it with the confidence to present myself as I knew myself, as I knew they didn't. I switched the interview around and interviewed them, and in the end, we were all laughing. What I would say is "show, don't tell".

justboxing 9y ago
> , I produced a full working system with full UI, REST API, 100% coverage, rolling data import, containerisation and deployment scripts for all services, pseudo-branding, documentation, GitHub organisation with repo per service, and to top it off, deployed it to a $5 droplet and provided credentials. In 8 hours that's very impressive. Thank you for your feedback. I wasn't aware that remote companies gave coding assignments, but it makes sense.
nullundefined 9y ago
From your experience, do most remote interview loops have take home projects like this or do they tend to focus heavily on whiteboard-esque programming challenges?
- djheru 9y ago
  I've had 3 remote positions over the last 6 years, and all of them had realistic(-ish) programming challenges that I was evaluated on.

deedubaya 9y ago

> Do you simply state your experience of having worked autonomously, or having self-managed? Yes, and you back that up with evidence of a project completed, references backing up their positive experience, etc.