day 9
type | behavioral | reverse engineer
Imagine you are the hiring manager and you ask the following questions:
Tell me about a product you are proud of.
I would like to hear about a time you disagreed with your engineering partner.
Tell me about a difficult conversation you have with an non-engineering cross-functional partner.
Now, list 3 things you would hope to learn from the candidate who answers these questions.
Now think about last time you answered these or similar questions, would you pass the bar you set?
why | demystifying prompts
Too many candidates just memorize their stories and can only tell them one way. They make it difficult for the interviewer to get the answer. They put the cognitive load on the interviewer to understand how what you said answers their question.
hint | leave out extra details
You don’t need to explain how you technically executed on everything in the project that is the center point for your answer. You only need to include the details that are crucial for answering the question asked.
level up | bonus exercise
Take one of your stories and try to answer two totally different questions with the same product/project but only give the details necessary to answer the question asked.
Self-reflect, what changed? Why?
Keep practicing because you need to be able to edit your stories live depending on what the interviewer asked.
