Developer Interview Tips from a Tech Recruiter

🎓 View our courses: https://scrimba.com/links/all-courses 📺 In this live stream, we'll chat to tech recruiter Molly-May Gallagher about what to expect from coding interviews, how to prepare effectively and questions YOU should ask THEM. 🖥 Contents 🖥 0:00 - Introduction 1:24 - Weekly Web Dev Challenge solutions 8:28 - Molly joins the stream 9:00 - Leanne’s confession 11:20 - Interview tips 13:00 - What’s the one thing you recommend people do to prepare for interviews? 16:15 - What's the most common mistake you hear about in interviews? 19:32 - What can people do if they really can’t think of an answer to one of the questions? 21:14 - Tips about some big topics to talk about in an interview with a technical recruiter? What to bring up /not bring up? 26:30 - Any tips for people with no experience to crack an interview? 27:23 - For recruiters, what are red flags that they look out for? 32:43 - Do recruiters work for a specific company? Or do they reach out to companies for you that you may be a good fit for? 34:15 - If you are persistently being asked, “how much do you expect to be paid?” in the interview 35:36 - How to prep for the technical interview 37:50 - Tips on interviewing from home 39:45 - What to wear 40:49 - Fake backgrounds 42:00 - How forthcoming are employers with feedback? 43:47 - What age is “too old”? 45:04 - Is there a tactful way to ask what their company will do for you? 46:49 - How would you respond to “what was your biggest challenge”, or “tell me about a time you failed?” 48:32 - How important are cover letters? 50:27 - How long should people’s answers be in an interview? 51:45 - Bed and unicorns