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Why did that approach change?
by chistev 5mo ago
Why did that approach change?
- zhxiaoliang 5mo agoI’m not sure if that strategy still works in today’s job market. It might still be, but I’m not the one to answer since I haven’t been on a job interview in quite some time.
- joezydeco 5mo agoI work in embedded systems. I always carry a few (small) projects with me in a backpack with a power supply and bring them out if certain topics allow me to do a show-and-tell. I also carry a binder. Each page is a one-page description of a project with a color photo of the system and a bulled-point list of all technologies inside. It's a great conversation starter. Hasn't failed me yet.
- HeyLaughingBoy 5mo ago10 years after I was hired, one of the interviewers still remembered me showing him a small board that I'd designed, even though he was a Windows MFC programmer and didn't know the first thing about microcontrollers. I've made great hires who had binders just like you described.
- ta8903 5mo agoSurely the modern equivalent to that is having public git repositories.
- HarHarVeryFunny 5mo agoPerhaps, but has "I'm not doing your whiteboard challenge - check out my git repositories instead!" ever worked for you?!
- zhxiaoliang 5mo agoHaha, for some reason when phrased like that I get a bad feeling about the outcome of the interview.