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Discussion on: Do I NEED a personal website/portfolio?

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Andrew Janke

Oh! Also also, if you have a personal/portfolio website, that gives you more control and advantage in mid-level screening interviews (after you make it through the basic HR screening, but before you get to the in-person actually-making-a-decision interview). When I do screens for candidates that have portfolios, rather than leading the interview with questions and hypothetical scenarios I come up with myself, I spend most of the interview more like, "Okay, give me your shpiel, and then walk me through your portfolio and let's drill down into some of your projects." I think this works well for people on both sides of the interview, and it turns the interview into a context for showing your strengths and what you could bring to the job, not enumerating your weaknesses.