From the course: Tech Career Skills: Searching, Interviewing, and Landing a Job
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Answering technical questions
From the course: Tech Career Skills: Searching, Interviewing, and Landing a Job
Answering technical questions
- Just as engineers often fear the behavioral interviews and overthink them, they often underthink the technical interviews, but here's the thing, though. These technical interviews are as much about communication and other soft skills as they're about your problem solving skills. Here are some key tips on how to ace this interview. At the start, focus on the why. What is the problem you're trying to solve? How does it fit into the overall business strategy? How do you measure success? What key features will help make this solution successful? These questions collectively represent a scoping negotiation with your interviewer which will guide your solutioning. This approach will also give you some time to collect your thoughts. It will reduce the possibility of you jumping the gun too soon and recommending something that may backfire later in the interview. As you build out your response, here are some best practices. Explain gradually as you create your solution and speak clearly so…
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