This article strikes really close to home for me. The company I had worked for nearly seven years laid off a bunch of people and I could see where things were

This article strikes really close to home for me. The company I had worked for nearly seven years laid off a bunch of people and I could see where things were headed. Fortunately I've been doing mobile development and it's particularly in demand right now, so I was able to land a new job in a few months. > Interview at Least Every Other Year If you struggle to communicate under pressure like I do, then it's important to do this a _lot_ more often. My personal goal is a phone interview at least once a quarter and one or two in-person interviews a year. I would also add another rule: Don't apply to too many places at once. (Especially if you're currently working!) Keeping up with the responses, doing the interviews, and solving coding exercises can be a full time job in itself. Edit: The other thing I learned to do was to note all of the questions that I didn't have an immediate, natural response for. Some of them I was able to think of better answers later on that helped me in the next interview. Some I asked other people to see how they responded, and I realized I hadn't always interpreted the question correctly.