Sorry it didn't work out for you with this company. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I'm currently not job hunting. I have however applied for a handful dev roles, gotten interviews with two of them, being offered a job with one. Ultimately I'm not doing that job since it wouldn't fit with my family life. Instead I'm looking at doing freelance.
With that said. From the two interviews I've had I've got the following to say. For the fullstack position I had done relevant projects that I could show. I told them what were their strengths and weaknesses. I didn't get a job offer probably because I didn't have a solid deployment pipeline. Going freelance this is one of the things I'm focusing on nailing. The other was a frontend engineer position doing React. Again I had relevant projects to show where it also was apparent that I could follow mockups. Each application I treated as a study in UX: "how can I get their attention within 5 second and keep it?". When I got to the interviews I treated them as a way to show my co-op skills. I included them in my thinking when solving coding problems. I asked them questions, not only the one posing the question but everyone in the meeting. I think it was these communication "skills" that got me the one job offer.
It sucks that you didn't get this position. Each interview is another experience under your belt. You'll soon be great at them!
Hi Anders, thanks for your thoughtful response and support! Your perspective about tailoring your projects for the position at hand is something I think about too. In all honesty, I thought I had nailed this aspect! But, it wasn't meant to be, and that's okay.
In general I know that I need to tighten up my featured projects and just keep showing improved skill and overall finished products. It's something I think I will be able to say forever ...
The truth is I have improved since my last post in August. So I am doing the work, and I am getting better. The other stuff that is out of my control, I can't stress over that stuff. Just keep pushing!
Sorry it didn't work out for you with this company. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I'm currently not job hunting. I have however applied for a handful dev roles, gotten interviews with two of them, being offered a job with one. Ultimately I'm not doing that job since it wouldn't fit with my family life. Instead I'm looking at doing freelance.
With that said. From the two interviews I've had I've got the following to say. For the fullstack position I had done relevant projects that I could show. I told them what were their strengths and weaknesses. I didn't get a job offer probably because I didn't have a solid deployment pipeline. Going freelance this is one of the things I'm focusing on nailing. The other was a frontend engineer position doing React. Again I had relevant projects to show where it also was apparent that I could follow mockups. Each application I treated as a study in UX: "how can I get their attention within 5 second and keep it?". When I got to the interviews I treated them as a way to show my co-op skills. I included them in my thinking when solving coding problems. I asked them questions, not only the one posing the question but everyone in the meeting. I think it was these communication "skills" that got me the one job offer.
It sucks that you didn't get this position. Each interview is another experience under your belt. You'll soon be great at them!
Hi Anders, thanks for your thoughtful response and support! Your perspective about tailoring your projects for the position at hand is something I think about too. In all honesty, I thought I had nailed this aspect! But, it wasn't meant to be, and that's okay.
In general I know that I need to tighten up my featured projects and just keep showing improved skill and overall finished products. It's something I think I will be able to say forever ...
The truth is I have improved since my last post in August. So I am doing the work, and I am getting better. The other stuff that is out of my control, I can't stress over that stuff. Just keep pushing!
Yeah you are getting better 💪 getting closer for every application.
Thanks, Anders!